Stanislav Ivanovych Hurenko (; ; 30 May 1936 – 14 April 2013) was a

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and Ukrainian

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. He was a member of the

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brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace Vladimir Ivashko as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on 23 June 1990. He resigned his position as First Secretary on 30 August 1991, when the failure of the August putsch in Moscow, the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine were banned. Then he served as the

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. Hurenko retired and died on 14 April 2013, at the age of 76 after suffering from cancer.

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