Yegor Ligachyov

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Yegor Ligachyov
Егор Лигачёв
Ligachyov in 1980s
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office 10 March 1985 – 14 July 1990
Preceded by	Mikhail Gorbachev
Succeeded by	Vladimir Ivashko (as Deputy General Secretary)
Head of the Organizational-Party Work Department of the Central Committee
In office 29 April 1983 – 23 April 1985
Preceded by	Ivan Kapitonov
Succeeded by	Georgy Razumovsky
First Secretary of the Tomsk Regional Committee
In office 26 November 1965 – 29 April 1983
Preceded by	Ivan Tikhonovich Marchenko
Succeeded by	Alexander Melnikov
Additional positions Full member of the 26th, 27th Politburo In office 23 April 1985 – 14 July 1990 Member of the 26th, 27th Secretariat In office 26 December 1983 – 14 July 1990 Member of the 26th, 27th Central Committee In office 3 March 1981 – 14 July 1990
Personal details
Born	(1920-11-29)29 November 1920 Dubinkino, Kainsky district, Tomsk Governorate, Russian SFSR
Died	7 May 2021(2021-05-07) (aged 100) Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991) Communist Party of the Russian Federation (1993–2021)
Children	Alexander Ligachyov (born 1947)

Yegor Kuzmich Ligachyov (also transliterated as Ligachev; Russian: Егор Кузьмич Лигачёв; 29 November 1920 – 7 May 2021^[1][2][3]) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia. Originally an ally of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ligachyov became a challenger to his leadership.^[4]