Augusts Voss

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Latvian Soviet politician (1919–1994)

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::summary Latvian Soviet politician (1919–1994) ::

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FieldValue
nameAugusts Voss
native_nameАвгуст Восс
imageAugusts Voss.jpg
citizenshipSoviet
officeFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia
term_start15 April 1966
term_end14 April 1984
predecessorArvīds Pelše
successorBoris Pugo
birth_date
birth_placeOmsk Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
death_date
death_placeMoscow, Russian Federation
partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1990)
otherpartyCommunist Party of Latvia
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| name = Augusts Voss | native_name = Август Восс | image = Augusts Voss.jpg | citizenship = Soviet | office = First Secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia | term_start = 15 April 1966 | term_end = 14 April 1984 | predecessor = Arvīds Pelše | successor = Boris Pugo | birth_date = | birth_place = Omsk Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = Moscow, Russian Federation | party = Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1990) | spouse = | profession = | resting_place = | residence = | religion = | signature = | otherparty = Communist Party of Latvia Augusts Eduardovich Voss (; 30 October 1919, Saltykovo – 10 February 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet politician of Latvian origin and party functionary. Before World War II he worked as a school teacher. In 1940, he was mobilized into the Red Army and served as a politruk. From 1945, he served as a party apparatchik in Latvia. From 1966 till 1984, he was First Secretary (later: General Secretary) of the Communist Party of Latvia and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1971 till 1990. From 1984 till 1989, he was Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities, upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

He did not return to Latvia and died in Moscow in 1994, where he is also buried.

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|title=Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities |before=Vitālijs Rubenis |years= April 11, 1984 – May 25, 1989 |after=Rafiq Nishonov

References

  1. Walter R. Iwaskiw, ed.. (1995). "Latvia: A Country Study.". Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress.
  2. (September 28, 2011). "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК".

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