Nicolae Coval

Nicolae Coval was a Soviet and Moldavian politician.

Biography

Nicolae Coval was born on 19 December 1904 in the city of Camenca, Russian Empire. Nicolae Coval became a member of the CPSU in 1939; in the period 1940–1945, he served as the People's Commissar for Agriculture of the MSSR. At Congresses I - IV, X - XII of the Communist Party of the MSSR was elected as a member of the Central Committee. He also served as deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Coval was the prime minister of Moldavian SSR. Coval was also the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party.
During his rule, the hunger of 1946-1947 occurred in the Moldаvian SSR, when more than 170 thousand people died. The hunger had partially objective reasons, while partially was organized by Soviet Authorities, which urged the completion of Soviet grain stocks. The hunger was stopped in the autumn of 1947, after which a forced collectivisation of agriculture in Bessarabia was ordered by Soviet authorities.