In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Kuzmich and the family name is Ligachyov.
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Yegor Ligachyov
Егор Лигачёв
Ligachyov in 1980s
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office 10 March 1985 – 14 July 1990
Preceded by
Mikhail Gorbachev
Succeeded by
Vladimir Ivashko (as Deputy General Secretary)
Head of the Organizational-Party Work Department of the Central Committee
In office 29 April 1983 – 23 April 1985
Preceded by
Ivan Kapitonov
Succeeded by
Georgy Razumovsky
First Secretary of the Tomsk Regional Committee
In office 26 November 1965 – 29 April 1983
Preceded by
Ivan Tikhonovich Marchenko
Succeeded by
Alexander Melnikov
Additional positions
Full member of the 26th, 27th Politburo
In office 23 April 1985 – 14 July 1990
Member of the 26th, 27th Secretariat
In office 26 December 1983 – 14 July 1990
Member of the 26th, 27th Central Committee
In office 3 March 1981 – 14 July 1990
Personal details
Born
(1920-11-29)29 November 1920 Dubinkino, Kainsky district, Tomsk Governorate, Russian SFSR
Died
7 May 2021(2021-05-07) (aged 100) Moscow, Russia
Resting place
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991) Communist Party of the Russian Federation (1993–2021)
Children
Alexander Ligachyov (born 1947)
Yegor Kuzmich Ligachyov (also transliterated as Ligachev; Russian: Егор Кузьмич Лигачёв; 29 November 1920 – 7 May 2021[1][2][3]) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia. Originally an ally of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ligachyov became a challenger to his leadership.[4]
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