Tikhon Kiselyov

Tikhon Kiselyov Ціхан Кісялёў
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office 15 October 1980 – 11 January 1983
Preceded by	Pyotr Masherov
Succeeded by	Nikolay Slyunkov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian SSR
In office 9 April 1959 – 11 December 1978
Premier	Nikita Khrushchev Alexei Kosygin
Preceded by	Nikolay Avkhimovich
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Aksyonov
Personal details
Born	30 July 1917(1917-07-30) Gomel Region, Russian Empire
Died	11 January 1983(1983-01-11) (aged 65) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Byelorussia
Profession	Civil servant

Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (Russian: Ти́хон Я́ковлевич Киселёв, Belarusian: Ціхан Якаўлевіч Кісялёў, Cichan Kisialiou) (12 August (O.S.: 30 July), 1917 – 11 January 1983) was a Belarusian statesman in the Soviet Union, the leader (first secretary) of the Communist Party of Belorussia, i.e., the de-facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR (1980-1983). ^[1]

Career

Party

• 1940: member of the CPSU
• 1961: member of the CPSU Central Committee
• 1980: first secretary of Central Committee the Communist Party of Belorussia
• 1980: CPSU Central Committee Politbureau candidate

Government

• 1954: member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
• 1959-1978: Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
• 1978-?: Deputy Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
• 1981: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Awards

• 1977: Hero of Socialist Labor
• Two Orders of Lenin
• Order of the Badge of Honor
• Medals

References

1. ^ Kiselyov's bio at hrono.info

• Career data are taken from the Large Encyclopedic Dictionary (Moscow, 1991)

Persondata
Name	Kiselyov, Tikhon Yakovlevich
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	30 July 1917
Place of birth	Gomel Region, Russian Empire
Date of death	11 January 1983
Place of death	Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union