Ivan Bodiul

Ivan Bodiul
Иван Бодюл
Bodiul in 1978
First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party
In office
28 May 1961 – 30 December 1980
PremierAlexandru Diordiță
Petru Pascari
Semion Grossu
Preceded byZinovie Serdiuk
Succeeded bySemion Grossu
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office
19 December 1980 – 30 May 1985
PremierNikolai Tikhonov
Preceded byAlexey Antonov
Succeeded byBoris Shcherbina
Personal details
Born3 January 1918 [O.S. 21 December 1917]
Oleksandrivka, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian People's Republic
Died27 January 2013(2013-01-27) (aged 95)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1985)
SpouseClaudia

Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul (Russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Бо́дюл; 3 January 1918 [O.S. 21 December 1917] – 27 January 2013) was a Soviet and Moldovan politician prominent in the Moldavian SSR, particularly during the Brezhnev era.

He was primarily responsible for the controversial decision to amend the Anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1980. It was the best anthem of the Soviet Republics (according to the 1950 musical competition).[1]

  1. ^ "НЯГА Штефан". kishinev84.murvanidze.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-10-20.