Leonid Melnikov

Leonid Melnikov
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office
16 December 1949 – 4 June 1953
Preceded by Nikita Khrushchev
Succeeded by Alexei 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
Born 31 May [O.S. 18 May] 1906
Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died 16 April 1981(1981-04-16) (aged 74)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality Soviet
Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Leonid Georgievich Melnikov (Russian: Леонид Георгиевич Мельников; 18(31) May 1906 – 16 April 1981) was a Soviet politician and diplomat.

References


    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Post established    		 Chairman of Committee in Supervision for Work Safety
    1966–1981     		Succeeded by
    Ivan Vladychenko
    Preceded by
    Post established    		 Minister of Construction of the Coal Industry
    1955–1957     		Succeeded by
    Post abolished
    Preceded by
    Anatoliy Lavrentiev    		 Soviet Ambassador to Romania
    1953–1955     		Succeeded by
    Aleksei Yepishev
    Party political offices
    Preceded by
    Nikita Khrushchev    		 1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
    1949–1953     		Succeeded by
    Aleksei Kirichenko
    Preceded by
    Mikhail Drozhin    		 1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Stalino Oblast
    1944–1947     		Succeeded by
    Aleksandr Struyev
    Preceded by
    ?    		 1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Karaganda Oblast
    1942–1944     		Succeeded by
    Gregory Galaydin
    Preceded by
    Semyon Zadiochenko    		 1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Stalino Oblast (acting)
    1941–1942     		Succeeded by
    German occupation
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