Pyotr Demichev

Pyotr Demichev
Пётр Демичев
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
In office
18 June 1986 – 1 October 1988
PresidentAndrei Gromyko
Preceded byVasily Kuznetsov
Succeeded byAnatoly Lukyanov
Minister of Culture
In office
14 November 1974 – 18 June 1986
PremierAlexei Kosygin
Nikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byEkaterina Furtseva
Succeeded byVasily Zakharov
Personal details
Born(1918-01-03)3 January 1918 [O.S. 21 December 1917]
Kirov, Kaluga Oblast, Soviet Russia
Died10 August 2010(2010-08-10) (aged 92)
Zhavoronki, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation
NationalitySoviet (1917–1991), Russian (1991–2010)
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1991)
ProfessionCivil servant
Central institution membership

Other political offices held
  • 1945–1950: Head of department, secretary of the Soviet District Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of Moscow
  • 1950–1952: Deputy Head of the Department of Propaganda and Agitation of the Moscow City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks
  • 1956–1958: Secretary of the Moscow Regional Party Committee
  • 1959–1960: First Secretary of the Moscow Regional Party Committee
  • 1958–1959: Administrator of Affairs of the Council of Ministers
  • 1960–1962: First Secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee

Pyotr Nilovich Demichev (Russian: Пётр Ни́лович Де́мичев; 3 January 1918 [O.S. 21 December 1917] – 10 August 2010) was a Soviet politician. He was deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of Culture from 1974 to 1986.[1] He was a deputy Politburo member from 1964 until his retirement in 1988. He was considered to be a "Communist Party ideologist" with little sympathy for liberal movements within the Soviet Union.[2]

  1. ^ "Party Propagandist Named to Head Culture Ministry". Associated Press. August 16, 1986.
  2. ^ "Red art chief fired; 'fresh wind' stirring?". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 19, 1986.

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