Oleksiy Vatchenko

Oleksiy Fedosiyovych Vatchenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Федосійович Ватченко; 25 February 1914 – 22 November 1984) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the chairman of Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1976 to 1984.

Oleksiy Vatchenko
Олексій Ватченко
Chairman of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 24 June 1976 – 22 November 1984
Preceded by	Ivan Hrushetsky
Succeeded by	Valentyna Shevchenko
First Secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office October 1965 – 29 June 1976
Preceded by	Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
Succeeded by	Yevhen Kachalovsky
First Secretary of the Cherkasy Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office December 1964 – October 1965
Preceded by	Industrial: Vasyl Rychko Rural: Leontiy Naidek
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Andreyev
First Secretary of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office 1959 – January 1963
Preceded by	Vasyl Behma
Succeeded by	Industrial: Kostiantyn Yanovytsky Rural: Mykyta Bubnovsky
Personal details
Born	(1914-02-25)25 February 1914 Yelizaveto-Kamyanets, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	22 November 1984(1984-11-22) (aged 70) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)

Biography

Oleksiy Vatchenko was born in a village of Yelizaveto-Kamyanets that today is located in Dnipro, Ukraine.^[1] His sister was Horpyna Vatchenko, director of the Dmytro Yavornytsky National Historical Museum of Dnipro.^[2]