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Yefrem Sokolov

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Yefrem Sokolov
Яфрэм Сакалоў
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office
6 February 1987  28 November 1990
Preceded byNikolay Slyunkov
Succeeded byAnatoly Malofeyev
First Secretary of the Brest Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office
5 March 1977  28 February 1987
Preceded byVladimir Mikulich
Succeeded byAnatoly Zelenovsky
Member of the 28th Politburo
In office
14 July 1990  29 August 1991
Full member of the 27th, 28th Central Committee
In office
26 June 1987  29 August 1991
Personal details
Born
Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov

(1926-04-25)25 April 1926
Horki District, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died5 April 2022(2022-04-05) (aged 95)
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)

Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov (Russian: Ефре́м Евсе́евич Соколо́в; Belarusian: Яфрэ́м Яўсе́евіч Сакало́ў, 25 April 1926 5 April 2022) was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussian SSR from February 1988 to November 1990. Sokolov was a member of the Politburo. He was elected on 14 July 1990.[1]

Sokolov died on 5 April 2022, three weeks before his 96th birthday.[2]

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