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[1] [31] Gorbachev expected much opposition to his nomination as general secretary, but ultimately the rest of the Politburo supported him. [32] Shortly after Chernenko's death, on 11 March 1985, , the Politburo unanimously elected Gorbachev as his successor. [33] [34] He thus became the eighth leader of the Soviet Union. [35]
Gorbachev's father had joined the Red Army and fought on the frontlines; he was wrongly declared dead during the conflict and fought in the Battle of Kursk before returning to his family, injured. [20] After Germany was defeated, Gorbachev's parents had their second son, Aleksandr, in 1947; he and Mikhail would be their only children. [11]
Mikhail Gorbachev: Succeeded by: Mikhail Gorbachev: Vice President of the Soviet Union; In office 27 December 1990 – 21 August 1991 [1] President: Mikhail Gorbachev: Preceded by: Anatoly Lukyanov (as vice head of state) Succeeded by: None (post abolished) Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions; In office April – July 1990 ...
Mikhail Gorbachev was enduringly popular in Germany for enabling the country's reunification after four decades of post-World War II division — and setting the scene for the peaceful collapse of ...
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was saluted Wednesday as a rare leader who changed the ...
Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday.
Gorbachev succeeded Gromyko in office as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. [63] After his resignation Gorbachev praised Gromyko for his half-century of service to USSR. Critics, such as Alexander Belonogov , the Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations , claimed Gromyko's foreign policy was permeated ...
Gorbachev's election as General Secretary was the quickest in Soviet history. [94] The Politburo recommended Gorbachev to the Central Committee, and the Central Committee approved him. [ 94 ] The Politburo meeting, which elected Gorbachev to the General Secretaryship, did not include such members as Dinmukhamed Konayev , Volodymyr Shcherbytsky ...