Leonid Korniyets

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Leonid Romanovych Korniyets (Ukrainian: Леонід Романович Корнієць; 21 August 1901 – 29 May 1969) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the head of government of Ukrainian SSR (today's equivalent of prime-minister) from 1939 to 1944.^[1]

Leonid Korniyets
Леонід Корнієць
Korniyets in 1939

Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee
In office March 1938 – 25 July 1938
Preceded by	Grigory Petrovsky
Succeeded by	position transformed
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine
In office 27 July 1938 – 28 July 1939
Preceded by	position created
Succeeded by	Mykhailo Hrechukha
7th Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 6 August 1939 – 16 February 1944
Preceded by	Demyan Korotchenko
Succeeded by	Nikita Khrushchev
Personal details
Born	21 August 1901 Bobrynets, Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	29 May 1969 (aged 67) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	CPSU (1926–1969)
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Biography

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Leonid Korniyets was born in a town of Bobrynets that today is in Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine.

References

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^ "Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки". www.kmu.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012.

Political offices
Preceded by position created	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR 1938-1939	Succeeded by Mykhailo Hrechukha
Preceded by Demyan Korotchenko	Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR) 1939–1944	Succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev

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