Nicolae Coval

Nicolae Coval
First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party
In office January 5, 1946 – July 1950
Prime Minister	Gherasim Rudi
Preceded by	Nikita Salogor
Succeeded by	Leonid Brezhnev
Prime Minister of Moldova1
In office April 17, 1945 – January 4, 1946
Preceded by	Tihon Konstantinov
Succeeded by	Gherasim Rudi
Personal details
Born	December 19, 1904(1904-12-19) Camenca
Died	January 15, 1970(1970-01-15) (aged 65) Chişinău
Political party	Communist Party of Moldova
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy
1. The name was Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars.

Nicolae Coval (Camenca, December 19, 1904 - Chişinău, January 15, 1970) was a Moldavian SSR politician.

Biography

Nicolae Coval (Nikolay Grigoryevich Koval) was born on December 19, 1904, in Camenca, Transnistria. He died on January 15, 1970, in Chişinău.

Nicolae Coval was the prime minister of Moldavian SSR (April 17, 1945 – January 5, 1946).

Nicolae Coval was also the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (January 5, 1946 - July 1950). During his rule the hunger of 1946-1947 has occurred in the Moldаvian SSR, when more than 170 thousands of people has died^{[citation needed]}. The hunger had partially objective reasons (relatively low harvest), while partially was organized by Soviet Authorities^{[citation needed]} (Stalin and Communist party), which urged the complectation of Soviet grain stocks. The hunger was stopped in the autumn of 1947, after which a forced collectivisation of the agriculture in Bessarabia was ordered by Communist and Soviet authorities.

Bibliography

• *** - Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească (Chişinău, 1970–1977)

Preceded by Nikita Salogor

First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party January 5, 1946-July 1950

Succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev

Preceded by Tihon Konstantinov

Prime Minister of Moldova April 17, 1945 – January 5, 1946

Succeeded by Gherasim Rudi

Persondata
Name	Coval, Nicolae
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 19, 1904
Place of birth	Camenca
Date of death	January 15, 1970
Place of death	Chişinău