Nikolay Slyunkov

Nikolay Nikitich Slyunkov (Russian: Никола́й Ники́тович Слюнько́в) (born 26 April 1929) is a former first secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussian SSR during the Soviet Union.

Nikolay Slyunkov Николай Слюньков
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office 13 January 1983 – 6 February 1987
Preceded by	Tikhon Kiselyov
Succeeded by	Yefrem Sokolov
Chairman of the Socio-Economic Policy Commission of the Central Committee
In office 30 September 1988 – 14 July 1990
Preceded by	Established
Succeeded by	Abolished
Head of the Economic Department of the Central Committee
In office 1987 – 30 September 1988
Preceded by	Boris Gostev
Succeeded by	Vladimir Shimko
Candidate member of the 27th Politburo
In office 6 March 1986 – 26 June 1987
Member of the 27th Secretariat
In office 28 January 1987 – 14 July 1990
Full member of the 27th Central Committee
In office 6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990
Full member of the 27th Politburo
In office 26 June 1987 – 1990
Personal details
Born	(1929-04-26) 26 April 1929 Gorodets, Byelorussian SSR
Nationality	Belarus
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Slyunkov became a full member of the Politburo on 26 June 1987,[1] where he remained until 1990.

References

1. Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 307. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.