title: Kherson Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
text: # Kherson Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  
  The Kherson Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Kherson CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Kherson Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in April 1944, and abolished in August 1991. 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 Communist Party of Ukraine.
  
  ## List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Kherson
  
  | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office | Life years |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Name | Start | End | Life years |
  | First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party ||||
  | Oleksiy Fedorov | April 1944 | January 1949 | 1901–1989 |
  | Hryhoriy Hryshko | January 1949 | March 1951 | 1906–1959 |
  | Vadym Onyshchenko | March 1951 | February 1954 | 1911–19.. |
  | Volodymyr Druzhynin | February 1954 | June 1956 | 1907–1976 |
  | Petro Yelistratov | June 1956 | January 1962 | 1917–1987 |
  | Anton Kochubey | January 1962 | October 1972 | 1909–1998 |
  | Volodymyr Khalapsin | January 17, 1963 | December 1964 | 1919–1998 |
  | Ivan Mozghovy | October 1972 | March 28, 1980 | 1927–2005 |
  | Andriy Hirenko | March 28, 1980 | June 23, 1987 | 1936– |
  | Mykhailo Kushnerenko | June 23, 1987 | August 1991 | 1938– |
  