Mykolas Burokevičius
Mykolas Burokevičius | |
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Burokevičius in 2006 | |
| First Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania | |
| In office 3 March 1990 – 23 August 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Algirdas Brazauskas |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Full member of the 28th Politburo | |
| In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 October 1927 Alytus, Lithuania |
| Died | 20 January 2016 (aged 88) Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Political party | Communist Party of Lithuania |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Vilnius Pedagogical Institute |
Mykolas Burokevičius (7 October 1927 – 20 January 2016) was a communist political leader in Lithuania. After the Communist Party of Lithuania separated from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), he established alternative pro-CPSU Communist Party of Lithuania in early 1990, and led it as the First Secretary of Central Committee until its ban in 1991. He was the only Lithuanian to serve in the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, and did so from 1990 until its ban in 1991.