Demyan Korotchenko

Demyan Serhiyovych Korotchenko (Ukrainian: Дем’ян Сергійович Коротченко; 29 November 1894 – 7 April 1969) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who twice served as the head of government of Ukrainian SSR (today's equivalent of prime-minister).[1][2]

Demyan Korotchenko
6th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office 4 March 1947 – 15 January 1954
Preceded by	Nikita Khrushchev
Succeeded by	Nikifor Kalchenko
In office 21 February 1938 – 6 August 1939
Preceded by	Mykola Marchak
Succeeded by	Leonid Korniyets
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office 15 January 1954 – 7 April 1969
Preceded by	Mykhailo Hrechukha
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Lyashko
Full member of the 19th Presidium
In office 16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953
Candidate member of the 20th Presidium
In office 29 June 1957 – 17 October 1961
Personal details
Born	29 November 1894 Pohribky, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	7 April 1969 (aged 74) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1969)
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Biography

Demyan Korotchenko was born in to a peasant family in a small village that today is in Sumska Oblast, eastern Ukraine. He joined the Russian Communist Party (b) in 1918 and became active in organising Red Army detachments.

Awards

• Hero of Socialist Labour (1964)
• Six Orders of Lenin
• Order of Suvorov, 1st class
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

References

1. Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки. Kmu.gov.ua. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
2. Микалай Аляксандравич Зянькович (2002). Самые закрытые люди: Энциклопедия биографий. Olma Media Group. p. 262. ISBN 978-5-94850-035-5.