Drohobych Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

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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 on 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.

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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

NameTerm of OfficeLife years
StartEnd
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
 ? (provisional administration of the Lwow Voivodeship)September 1939November 1939
Yakiv Tkach November 27, 1939June 19411906–1941
part of the General Governorate District Galizien19411944
Stepan Oleksenko May 1944December 19461904–1976
Ivan Horobets (acting to 1947)December 1946September 26, 19491909–????
Stepan Oleksenko September 26, 1949September 9, 19521904–1976
Dmytro Hapiy September 9, 1952June 19561905–????
Vladimir Druzhynin June 1956May 21, 19591907–1976

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