Leonid Melnykov

Leonid Melnykov
Леонід Мельников
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office
16 December 1949 – 4 June 1953
Preceded byNikita Khrushchev
Succeeded byAleksey Kirichenko
Full member of the 19th Presidium
In office
16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953
Candidate member of the 19th Presidium
In office
6 March 1953 – 7 July 1953
Personal details
Born31 May [O.S. 18 May] 1906
Mglinsky Uyezd, Chernihiv Governorate, Russian Empire
Died16 April 1981(1981-04-16) (aged 74)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Leonid Heorhiyovych Melnykov (Ukrainian: Леонід Георгійович Мельников; 31 May 1906 – 16 April 1981) was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician and diplomat.