Stanislav Hurenko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Hurenko.

Stanislav Ivanovych Hurenko (Ukrainian: Станіслав Іванович Гуренко; Russian: Станислав Иванович Гуренко, romanized: Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko; 30 May 1936 – 14 April 2013) was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Stanislav Hurenko
Станіслав Гуренко
Official portrait, 2002
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 12 May 1998 – 25 May 2006
Constituency	Communist Party of Ukraine, No. 25 (1998–2002)[1] Communist Party of Ukraine, No. 7 (2002–2006)[2]
In office 15 May 1990 – 25 January 1993
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Vasyl Androshchuk [uk]
Constituency	Kyiv Oblast, No. 219[3]
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine under the USSR
In office 23 June 1990 – 30 August 1991
Preceded by	Vladimir Ivashko
Succeeded by	Position abolished (Petro Symonenko as First Secretary of the CPU in Independent Ukraine)
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Personal details
Born	(1936-05-30)30 May 1936 Ilovaisk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died	14 April 2013(2013-04-14) (aged 76) Kyiv, Ukraine
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1991) Communist Party of Ukraine (after 1991)
Spouse	Liudmyla
Children	Ivan and Kseniia
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Biography

Mikhail Gorbachev brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace Vladimir Ivashko as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on 23 June 1990.^[4] He resigned his position as First Secretary on 30 August 1991, when the failure of the August putsch in Moscow, the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine were banned.

Then he served as the member of Verkhovna Rada.

Hurenko retired and died on 14 April 2013, at the age of 76 after suffering from cancer.^[5]