Gennady Yanayev
vice president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev was a Soviet politician and the only vice president of the Soviet Union, serving from 1990 to 1991.
Gennady Yanayev | |
|---|---|
| President of the Soviet Union Acting | |
| In office 19 August – 21 August 1991 | |
| President | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Vice President of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 27 December 1990 – 21 August 1991 | |
| President | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Lukyanov (as vice head of state) |
| Succeeded by | None (post abolished) |
| Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions | |
| In office April – July 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Stephan A. Shalaev |
| Succeeded by | None (post abolished) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1937 Perevoz, Gorky Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Died | 24 September 2010 (aged 73) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Yanayev held several political positions. He served during the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko. With the help of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yanayev was elected the first and only Vice President of the Soviet Union. He later led the "Gang of Eight" to depose Gorbachev. The coup ended after 3 days. Yanayev was arrested. In 1994 he was pardoned by the State Duma.