Drohobych Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

The Drohobych Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Drohobych CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Drohobych Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in November 1939 following the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland during the ongoing World War II and abolished in 21 May 1959. On 21 May 1959 the Drohobych Regional Committee was merged into the Lviv Regional Committee.

The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of the Republic.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Drohobych

Name Term of Office Life years
Start End
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
? (provisional administration of the Lwow Voivodeship) September 1939 November 1939
Yakiv Tkach November 27, 1939 June 1941 1906–1941
part of the General Governorate District Galizien 1941 1944
Stepan Oleksenko May 1944 December 1946 1904–1976
Ivan Horobets (acting to 1947) December 1946 September 26, 1949 1909–????
Stepan Oleksenko September 26, 1949 September 9, 1952 1904–1976
Dmytro Hapiy September 9, 1952 June 1956 1905–????
Vladimir Druzhynin June 1956 May 21, 1959 1907–1976

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  • [1] World Statesmen.org