Ruler · 1931 – 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev

Lived 1931 – 2022; politician. Leader of the Soviet Union (Soviet Union), 1985 – 1991.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1931 – 2022; 91 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Soviet Union
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

Leader of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union · the 8th of 8 dated reigns · 1922 – 1991

4 before

Leonid Brezhnev1964 – 1982

Yuri Andropov1982 – 1984

Konstantin Chernenko1984 – 1985

Mikhail Gorbachev1985 – 1991

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1985 – 1991 · 6 years

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Two days later, he resigned as general secretary.

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