Nikolai Nikititsch Slyunkov

Nikolai Nikititsch Sljunkow (Russian: Николай Никитич Слюньков) (born April 26, 1929 ) is a former Belarusian and Soviet economist and politician.

Life

Ascent in Minsk

In 1950 Slyunkov was employed by the large Minsk tractor factory, of which he was general director between 1960 and 1965. In 1954 he joined the Communist Party ( CPSU ). 1972 to 1974 he was first party secretary of Minsk and 1974 to 1883 deputy chairman of the State Planning Committee Gosplan of the USSR . From 1983 to 1987 he held the post of First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus .

At the center of power

From 1983 to 1987 he was a candidate for the Politburo of the CPSU. In 1987 he rose to become a full member of the highest political body in the USSR, the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the period from June 26, 1987 to July 14, 1990. At the same time, he was secretary of the Central Committee , responsible for economic issues and for Affairs of the Comecon countries. In 1990 he left the XXVIII at his own request. CPSU party congress of July 1990 from his offices, but was involved in the Presidential Council of the USSR - a kind of inner leadership circle of the President. Slyunkov has been supporting Mikhail Gorbachev in his reforms since 1986 (keywords glasnost and perestroika ). a. first concepts with Vadim Medvedev and Alexander Jakowlew . Gorbachev " appreciated his human qualities, his honesty, openness and his enormous diligence ."

literature

• Mikhail Gorbachev: Memories. Siedler, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-88680-524-7