The First Secretary of the Chuvash regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Chuvash AO (1920–1925) and the Chuvash ASSR (1925–1991) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created on 8 October 1920, 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 Chuvash Communist Party Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Communist Party Daniel Elmen 8 October 1920 25 February 1921 1885–1932 Georgy Savandeyev 1 March 1921 19 October 1921 1889–1949 Anton Lastochkin 22 October 1921 15 March 1922 1892–1968 Gavriil Mikhaylov 15 March 1922 12 October 1922 1895–1967 Daniil Elmen 15 October 1922 10 May 1924 1885–1932 Mikhail Tomasov 15 May 1924 22 October 1925 1896–1978 Vasily Alekseyev 23 October 1925 22 November 1926 1893–1970 Sergey Petrov 22 November 1926 14 November 1937 1889–1942 Gerasim Ivanov 14 November 1937 17 September 1938 1905–1938 Aleksey Volkov 17 September 1938 4 March 1940 1890–1942 Ivan Charykov 4 March 1940 2 December 1948 1902–1965 Timofey Akhazov 2 December 1948 14 November 1955 1907–1979 Semyon Islyukov 14 November 1955 4 January 1968 1915–1998 Nikolay Voronovsky 4 January 1968 28 November 1973 1914–1973 Ilya Prokopyev 14 January 1974 25 October 1988 1926–2017 Aleksandr Petrov 25 October 1988 2 June 1990 1933– Valentin Shurchanov 2 June 1990 August 1991 1947–2020
See also Chuvash Autonomous Oblast Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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