Boris Pugo

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Boris Pugo
Борис Пуго
Pugo in 1989
Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union
In office 1 December 1990 – 22 August 1991
Premier	Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov
Preceded by	Vadim Bakatin
Succeeded by	Viktor Barannikov
Chairman of the Central Control Commission
In office 30 September 1989 – April 1991
Preceded by	Mikhail Solomentsev
Succeeded by	Eugene Makhov
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia
In office 14 April 1984 – 4 October 1989
Preceded by	Augusts Voss
Succeeded by	Jānis Vagris
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-19)19 February 1937 Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	22 August 1991(1991-08-22) (aged 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR Soviet Union
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot
Resting place	Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Citizenship	Soviet Union
Political party	Communist (1960–1991)

Boris Karlovich Pugo (Latvian: Boriss Pugo, Russian: Борис Карлович Пуго; 19 February 1937 – 22 August 1991) was a Soviet communist politician of Latvian origin.