First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine | |
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Первый Секретарь ЦК КПУ Перший Секретар ЦК КПУ | |
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine | |
Style | Comrade First Secretary |
Status | Party leader (republican level) |
Member of | Politburo Secretariat Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Residence | Bankova Street |
Seat | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR |
Appointer | Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine |
Constituting instrument | Party statutes |
Formation |
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First holder | Mykola Skrypnyk as Secretary of the Organizational Bureau Georgy Pyatakov as First Secretary |
Final holder | Stanislav Gurenko as First Secretary |
Abolished | 30 August 1991[1] |
Succession |
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Deputy | Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine |
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Перший Секретар ЦК КПУ, Russian: Первый Секретарь ЦК КПУ) was a party leader of the republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The office's name alternated throughout its history between First Secretary and the General Secretary.
The secretary was the de facto leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic through Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution, which made the Communist Party of the Soviet Union the "leading and guiding force of the Soviet society". These powers were revoked with the revision to Article 6 on 24 October 1990 that removed the Communist Party's monopoly on power.[2]
The First Secretary was elected at a plenum (plenary session) of the Central Committee, while each Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine was elected at the each Party's Congress. The longest serving secretary was Volodymyr Shcherbytsky[3] with some 17 years.