The First Secretary of the Buryat regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Buryat ASSR (until July 7, 1958, Buryat–Mongol ASSR) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in August 1923, and abolished in August 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 Communist Party of Buryatia

Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Communist Party Vasily Trubacheyev August 1923 November 25, 1924 1895–? Mariya Sakhyanova November 25, 1924 December 6, 1928 1896–1981 Mikhey Yerbanov December 1928 September 30, 1937 1889–1937 Grigory Vorontsov September 30, 1937 October 25, 1937 Semyon Ignatyev October 25, 1937 March 6, 1943 1904–1983 Aleksandr Kudryavtsev March 6, 1943 March 16, 1951 1906–? Aleksandr Khakhalov March 16, 1951 November 23, 1960 1909–1970 Vasily Filipov November 23, 1960 June 12, 1962 1913–1993 Andrey Modogoyev June 12, 1962 January 7, 1984 1915–1989 Anatoly Belyakov January 7, 1984 March 24, 1990 1933– Leonid Potapov April 6, 1990 August 1991 1935–2020

See also Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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Sources World Statesmen.org