Mikhail Gorbachev

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  • March 2, 1931: Born in Privolnoye, Krasnogvardeisky District, Stavropol territory in the North Caucasus
  • 1950: Enrolled in Faculty of Law, Moscow University
  • 1952: Joines the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • 1955-60: Appointed First Secretary, Komsomol Territorial Committee
  • 1970: Appointed First Secretary for Stavropol territory, governing an area of 2.4 million people.
  • 1978: Becomes Secretary of Agriculture in Central Committee
  • 1985: Elected by Central Committee as General Secretary of CPSU
  • 1989: Elected by new parliament as executive President of Soviet Union
  • 1991: Resigns as General Secretary of CPSU, dissolves Central Committee
  • December 25,1991: Resigns as President when Soviet Union disintegrates
  • 1992: Founded the Gorbachev Foundation
  • 1991 to Present: Crusades for clean air and water, and against toxic wastes and chemical weapons

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