First Secretary of the Chuvash Communist Party

The First Secretary of the Chuvash regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Chuvash AO (1920–1925) and the Chuvash ASSR (1925–1991) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created on October 8, 1920, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Chuvash Communist Party

Name	Term of Office		Life years
	Start	End
First Secretaries of the Communist Party
Daniel Elmen	October 8, 1920	February 25, 1921	1885–1932
Georgy Savandeyev	March 1, 1921	October 19, 1921	1889–1949
Anton Lastochkin	October 22, 1921	March 15, 1922	1892–1968
Gavriil Mikhaylov	March 15, 1922	October 12, 1922	1895–1967
Daniil Elmen	October 15, 1922	May 10, 1924	1885–1932
Mikhail Tomasov	May 15, 1924	October 22, 1925	1896–1978
Vasily Alekseyev	October 23, 1925	November 22, 1926	1893–1970
Sergey Petrov	November 22, 1926	November 14, 1937	1889–1942
Gerasim Ivanov	November 14, 1937	September 17, 1938	1905–1938
Aleksey Volkov[lower-alpha 1]	September 17, 1938	March 4, 1940	1890–1942
Ivan Charykov	March 4, 1940	December 2, 1948	1902–1965
Timofey Akhazov	December 2, 1948	November 14, 1955	1907–1979
Semyon Islyukov	November 14, 1955	January 4, 1968	1915–1998
Nikolay Voronovsky	January 4, 1968	November 28, 1973	1914–1973
Ilya Prokopyev	January 14, 1974	October 25, 1988	1926–
Aleksandr Petrov	October 25, 1988	June 2, 1990	1933–
Valentin Shurchanov	June 2, 1990	August 1991	1947–

See also

• Chuvash Autonomous Oblast
• Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Notes

1. Acting to October 1, 1938

Sources

• World Statesmen.org