Stanisław Kosior

Stanisław Vikentyevich Kosior (Russian: Станислав Викентьевич Косиор; 18 November 1889 – 26 February 1939), sometimes spelled Kossior, was a Soviet politician who was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). He and his wife were both executed during the Great Purge.

Stanisław Kosior
Станислав Косиор
Kosior in 1920
First Secretary of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine
In office
14 July 1928  27 January 1938
Preceded byLazar Kaganovich
Succeeded byNikita Khrushchev
In office
25 March 1920  17 October 1920
Preceded byNikolay Bestchetvertnoi
Succeeded byVyacheslav Molotov
In office
30 May 1919  10 December 1919
Preceded byGeorgiy Pyatakov
Succeeded byRafail Farbman
Full member of the 16th and 17th Politburo
In office
13 July 1930  3 May 1938
Candidate member of the 15th Politburo
In office
19 December 1927  13 July 1930
Full member of the 14th, 15th Secretariat
In office
1 January 1926  12 July 1928
Personal details
Born
Stanislav Vikentyevich Kosior

(1889-11-18)18 November 1889
Węgrów, Siedlce Governorate, Russian Empire
Died26 February 1939(1939-02-26) (aged 49)
Moscow, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussian Empire (subject)
Soviet Union
NationalityPolish
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1907–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1938)
SpouseYelizaveta Sergeyevna
ChildrenTamara and Vladimir
Alma materSulin industrial elementary school
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