Nicolae Coval | |
|---|---|
| First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party | |
| In office 5 January 1946 – July 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Gherasim Rudi |
| Preceded by | Nikita Salogor |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Moldavian SSR | |
| In office 17 April 1945 – 4 January 1946 | |
| Preceded by | Tihon Konstantinov |
| Succeeded by | Gherasim Rudi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1904 Camenca, Olgopolsky Uyezd, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 January 1970 (aged 65) Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of Moldova |
Nicolae Coval (19 December 1904 – 15 January 1970) was a Soviet and Moldavian politician.
Biography
Nicolae Coval was born in the city of Camenca, Russian Empire. After he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1939, in the period 1940–1945, he served as the People's Commissar for Agriculture of the MSSR. At Congresses I - IV, X - XII of the Communist Party of the MSSR was elected as member of the Central Committee. He also served as deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (in Legislative 1, 2, 6 and 7) and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (in the 1-3 legislatures).
Coval was the prime minister of Moldavian SSR (17 April 1945 – 5 January 1946). Coval was also the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (5 January 1946 - July 1950).
During his rule the hunger of 1946-1947 has occurred in the Moldаvian SSR, when more than 170 thousands of people has died[citation needed]. The hunger had partially objective reasons (relatively low harvest), while partially was organized by Soviet Authorities[citation needed] (Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party), which urged the completation of Soviet grain stocks. The hunger was stopped in the autumn of 1947, after which a forced collectivisation of the agriculture in Bessarabia was ordered by Communist and Soviet authorities.
Bibliography
- *** - Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească (Chişinău, 1970–1977)
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