Leonid Romanovych Korniyets (Ukrainian: Леонід Романович Корнієць; 21 August 1901 – 29 May 1969) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the head of government of Ukrainian SSR (today's equivalent of prime-minister) from 1939 to 1944.[1]
Leonid Korniyets | |
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Леонід Корнієць | |
 Korniyets in 1939 | |
| Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee | |
| In office March 1938 – 25 July 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Grigory Petrovsky |
| Succeeded by | position transformed |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine | |
| In office 27 July 1938 – 28 July 1939 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Mykhailo Hrechukha |
| 7th Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR | |
| In office 6 August 1939 – 16 February 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Demyan Korotchenko |
| Succeeded by | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1901 Bobrynets, Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 May 1969 (aged 67) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | CPSU (1926–1969) |
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Biography
editLeonid Korniyets was born in a town of Bobrynets that today is in Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine.
References
edit- ^ "Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки". www.kmu.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012.
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