Date of birth: February 2, 1917
Date of death: October 1, 2018
Position:
- Party General Secretary from June 1991 to December 1997
- Member of the Politburo in the 4th (alternate), 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th tenures
- Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat in the 6th tenure
- Member of the Party Central Committee in the 2nd (alternate), 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th tenures
- Advisor of the Party Central Committee (from 1997 to 2000)
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now Prime Minister) (from June 1988-June, 1991)
- Deputy of the National Assembly in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th tenures