Demyan Korotchenko

Demyan Korotchenko
Дем'ян Коротченко
Korotchenko in 1948
6th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
4 March 1947  15 January 1954
Preceded byNikita Khrushchev
Succeeded byNikifor Kalchenko
In office
21 February 1938  6 August 1939
Preceded byMykola Marchak
Succeeded byLeonid Korniyets
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
15 January 1954  7 April 1969
Preceded byMykhailo Hrechukha
Succeeded byOleksandr Lyashko
Full member of the 19th Presidium
In office
16 October 1952  6 March 1953
Candidate member of the 20th Presidium
In office
29 June 1957  17 October 1961
Personal details
Born(1894-11-29)29 November 1894
Pohribky, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died7 April 1969(1969-04-07) (aged 74)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1969)
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Demyan (Demian) Serhiyovych Korotchenko (29 November 1894 7 April 1969) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who twice served as the head of government of the Ukrainian SSR (the equivalent of today's Prime Minister).