Tikhon Kiselyov

Tikhon Kiselyov
Тихон Киселёв
Kiselyov in 1973
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office 15 October 1980 – 11 January 1983
Head of state	Ivan Paliakoŭ [ru]
Head of government	Aleksandr Aksyonov Vladimir Brovikov Mikhail Kovalev
Preceded by	Pyotr Masherov Vladimir Brovikov (acting)
Succeeded by	Vladimir Brovikov (acting) Nikolay Slyunkov
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office 5 December 1978 – 23 October 1980
Premier	Alexei Kosygin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian SSR (Head of government of the Byelorussian SSR)
In office 9 April 1959 – 11 December 1978
Leader	Kirill Mazurov Pyotr Masherov
Head of state	Vasily Kozlov Valentina Klochkova [ru] (acting) Sergey Pritytsky Ivan Klimov (acting) Fyodor Surganov [ru] Vladimir Lobanok [ru] (acting) Zinaida Bychkovskaya [ru] (acting) Ivan Paliakoŭ [ru]
Preceded by	Nikolai Avkhimovich
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Aksyonov
Candidate member of the 25th, 26th Politburo
In office 21 October 1980 – 11 January 1983
Full member of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Central Committee
In office 31 October 1961 – 11 January 1983
Personal details
Born	(1917-07-30)30 July 1917 Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	11 January 1983(1983-01-11) (aged 65) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1983)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Byelorussia
Profession	Civil servant

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Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (Russian: Ти́хон Я́ковлевич Киселёв, Belarusian: Ціхан Якаўлевіч Кісялёў; 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 Byelorussia, i.e., the de facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR (1980–1983).[1]

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

• 1954: member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
• 1959-1978: Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
• 1978-1980: Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers
• 1981: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

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

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