Stanislav Hurenko

Stanislav Ivanovych Hurenko was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Biography

Mikhail Gorbachev brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace Vladimir Ivashko as First Secretary of the [Communist Party of Ukraine|First Secretary] of the Ukrainian Communist Party on 23 June 1990. He resigned his position as First Secretary on 30 August 1991, when the failure of the August coup in Moscow, the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine were banned.
Then he served as the member of Verkhovna Rada.
Hurenko retired and died on 14 April 2013, at the age of 76 after suffering from cancer.