Mikhail Gorbachev (New Union)
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Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачев | |
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Gorbachev in 1987 | |
1st President of the Soviet Union | |
In office 15 March 1990 – 7 May 2000 | |
Vice President | Gennady Yanayev |
Preceded by | Office established (partly himself as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet) |
Succeeded by | Valentina Tereshkova |
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
In office 11 March 1985 – 24 August 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov Ivan Silayev |
Deputy | Vladimir Ivashko |
Preceded by | Konstantin Chernenko |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Ivashko |
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union | |
In office 25 May 1989 – 15 March 1990 | |
Deputy | Anatoly Lukyanov |
Preceded by | Himself as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet |
Succeeded by | Anatoly Lukyanov |
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union | |
In office 1 October 1988 – 25 May 1989 | |
Preceded by | Andrei Gromyko |
Succeeded by | Himself as Chairman of the Supreme SovietTemplate:Collapsed infobox section begin |
Co-Chairman of the Union of Social Democrats | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 11 March 2000Template:Notetag | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Acting | |
In office 9 February 1984 – 10 March 1985 | |
Preceded by | Konstantin Chernenko |
Succeeded by | Yegor Ligachev |
Personal details | |
Born | Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev 2 March 1931 Privolnoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Political party | Communist |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | Irina Virganskaya |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Signature | Mikhail Gorbachev (New Union)'s signature |
Website | Template:Url |
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) is a Soviet politician who served as the 1st President of the Soviet Union. The first democratically elected leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev also served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1993, the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, and chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990. Initially a Marxist–Leninist, Gorbachev became an advocate for social democracy and successfully reformed the Soviet Union into a democratic state. His presidency is marked by the New Union Treaty and the subsequent Soviet economic miracle of the 1990s.