The First Secretary of the Checheno-Ingush regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Chechen AO (1922–34), Checheno-Ingush AO (1934–36), Checheno-Ingush ASSR (1936–44, 1957–91) and the Grozny Oblast (1944–57) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in November 1922, and abolished on August 23, 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.
List of First Secretaries of the Checheno-Ingush Communist Party
Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party Tashtemir Eldarkhanov November 1922 1923 1870–1934 Aznarashvili 1923 January 1924 Magomed Eneyev January 1924 December 1925 1897–1928 Efrem Eshba January 1926 August 25, 1927 1893–1939 Gurgen Bulat August 25, 1927 1929 Solomon Khasman 1929 1930 1886–1938 Georgy Karib (Tovmasyan) 1930 November 30, 1933 1896–1938 Georgy Makharadze November 30, 1933 1935 1898–1938 Vasily Yegorov 1935 October 10, 1937 1899–1950 Fyodor Bykov October 10, 1937 May 1940 1901–1980 Viktor Ivanov May 1940 March 7, 1944 1903–1969 First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party (Grozny Oblast) Pyotr Cheplakov March 1944 September 1949 1906–1985 Ivan Zhegalin September 1949 1955 1906–1984 Aleksandr Yakovlev 1955 1957 1911– First Secretaries of the Communist Party (Checheno-Ingush ASSR) Aleksandr Yakovlev 1957 January 1959 1911– Aleksandr Trofimov January 1959 September 1963 1903–1980 Fyodor Titov September 1963 January 11, 1966 1910–1989 Semyon Apryatkin January 11, 1966 July 1975 1911–1977 Aleksandr Vlasov July 1975 July 31, 1984 1932–2002 Vladimir Foteyev July 31, 1984 July 1, 1989 1935– Doku Zavgayev July 1, 1989 August 23, 1991 1940–
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