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Vladimir Ivashko | |
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| Владимир Ивашко Володимир Івашко | |
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| Acting General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 24 August 1991 – 29 August 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished(Succeded by Boris Yeltsin as President) |
| Deputy General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 12 July 1990 – 29 August 1991 | |
| General Secretary | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Preceded by | Yegor Ligachev |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine | |
| In office 28 September 1989 – 22 June 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Shcherbytsky |
| Succeeded by | Stanislav Hurenko |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR | |
| In office 4 June – 9 July 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Platon Kostiuk |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Full member of the 27th, 28th Politburo | |
| In office 9 December 1989 – 29 August 1991 | |
| Member of the 28th Secretariat | |
| In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 October 1932 Poltava, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 13 November 1994 (aged 62) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
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Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko (Russian: Влади́мир Анто́нович Ива́шко; Ukrainian: Володимир Антонович Івашко, Volodymyr Antonovych Ivashko; 28 October 1932 – 13 November 1994) was a Soviet Ukrainian politician, briefly acting as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the period from 24 to 29 August 1991. On 24 August Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from the post, and on 29 August the CPSU was suspended by the Supreme Soviet. Before becoming General Secretary he had been voted Gorbachev's Deputy General Secretary within the Party on 12 July 1990, a newly created position as a result of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party.