List of leaders of Communist Tuva facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Leaders of Communist Tuva
Emblem of the Tuvan ASSR
Appointer	Politburo, Central Committee or any party apparatus (de facto) Parliamentary vote (de jure)
Formation	14/15 August 1921
First holder	Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (as Chairman of the All-Tuva Constituent Khural) Sodnam Balkhyr (as Chairman of the Central Bureau)
Final holder	Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet) Sherig-ool Oorzhak (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
Abolished	25 December 1991

The following is a list of leaders of Communist Tuva, encompassing leaders of the Tuvan People's Republic, the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast (the Tuvan AO) and the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (the Tuvan ASSR).

It lists heads of state, heads of government, heads of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party and of the local branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

The Tuvan People's Republic was nominally a sovereign state in 1921–44, but it was considered a satellite state of the Soviet Union (the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic were the only countries to recognize its independence).

In 1944, at the request of Tuva's Small People's Khural (parliament), the Tuvan People's Republic became a part of the Soviet Union as an autonomous oblast (the Tuvan AO) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (the Russian SFSR) by the decision of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

In 1961, the Tuvan AO became an autonomous soviet socialist republic (the Tuvan ASSR) of the Russian SFSR.

Tuvan People's Republic

Heads of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office
Chairman of the All-Tuva Constituent Khural (1921)
1		Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (1892–1932)	14 August 1921	15 August 1921	People's Revolutionary Party
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Little Khural (1924–1944)
2		Mongush Nimachap (Nimazhap) (1879–1932)	18 September 1924	4 February 1929	People's Revolutionary Party
3		Adyg Tyulyush Chulydum (1900–1933)	5 February 1929	5 October 1933	People's Revolutionary Party
4		Adyg-Tulush Khemchik-ool (1893–1938)	1933	February 1938	People's Revolutionary Party
5		Polat Oyun (1906–1992)	2 March 1938	4 April 1940	People's Revolutionary Party
6		Khertek Anchimaa-Toka (1912–2008)	6 April 1940	10 October 1944	People's Revolutionary Party

Heads of government

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office
Chairmen of the Central Bureau (1921–1923)
1		Sodnam Balkhyr (?–1924)	15 August 1921	28 February 1922	People's Revolutionary Party
2		Maady Lopsan-Osur (1876–1934?)	1 March 1922	15 August 1922	People's Revolutionary Party
3		Salchak Idam-Syuryun	15 August 1922	19 September 1923	People's Revolutionary Party
4		Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (1892–1932)	20 September 1923	1 October 1923	People's Revolutionary Party
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1923–1944)
(4)		Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (1892–1932)	1 October 1923	18 September 1924	People's Revolutionary Party
5		Soyan Oruygu (1876–?)	18 September 1924	1925	People's Revolutionary Party
6		Donduk Kuular (1888–1932)	1925	January 1929	People's Revolutionary Party
7		Adyg-Tulush Khemchik-ool (1893–1938)	January 1929	1929	People's Revolutionary Party
8		Sat Churmet-Dazhi (1894–1938)	1929	February 1938	People's Revolutionary Party
9		Ondar Bayyr (Aleksey Bair) (1904–1986)	1938	May 1940	People's Revolutionary Party
Post abolished (May 1940 – 22 June 1941)
10		Saryg-Donggak Chymba (Aleksandr Chimba) (1906–1985)	22 June 1941	10 October 1944	People's Revolutionary Party

Heads of party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office
Chairman of the Organizing Bureau of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1921–1922)
1		Mongush Nimachap (Nimazhap) (1879–1932)	29 October 1921	March 1922	People's Revolutionary Party
Chairmen of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1922–1924)
2		Maady Lopsan-Osur (1876–1934?)	March 1922	9 July 1923	People's Revolutionary Party
3		Oyun Kyursedi (Kursedi) (1884–1924)	9 July 1923	15 March 1924	People's Revolutionary Party
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1924–1926)
4		Shagdyr	April 1924	January 1926	People's Revolutionary Party
First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1926–1932)
5		Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (1892–1932)	January 1926	February 1927	People's Revolutionary Party
6		Sodnam Balchir Ambyn-noyon (1901–?)	February 1927	January 1929	People's Revolutionary Party
7		Irgit Shagdyrzhap (1899–1959)	January 1929	March 1932	People's Revolutionary Party
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1932–1944)
8		Salchak Toka (1901–1973)	6 March 1932	10 October 1944	People's Revolutionary Party

Heads of finance ministry

• Sodnam Oorjak, 1928-1930
• Tanchai Oyun, 1932-1934
• Polat Oyun, 1933-1937
• Nikolay Tovarishtay, 1940-1941
• Shamir Erectol, 1941-1943
• Kenden Lopsan, 1943-1944

Tuvan Autonomous Oblast / Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Heads of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Autonomous Oblast Soviet (1944–1962)
1		Saryg-Donggak Chymba (Aleksandr Chimba) (1906–1985)	13 October 1944	February 1961	Communist Party
2		Mikhail Mendume (1922–2001)	February 1961	10 January 1962	Communist Party
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1962–1990)
3		Bay-Kara Dolchanmaa (1916–2002)	10 January 1962	22 June 1977	Communist Party
(2)		Mikhail Mendume (1922–2001)	22 June 1977	December 1984	Communist Party
4		Chimit-Dorzhu Ondar (1932–)	December 1984	27 April 1990	Communist Party
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet (1990–1991)
(4)		Chimit-Dorzhu Ondar (1932–)	27 April 1990	2 October 1991	Communist Party
5		Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey (1950–)	2 October 1991	25 December 1991	Independent

Heads of government

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1944–1991)
Post abolished (10 October 1944 – 10 January 1962)
1		Mikhail Mendume (1922–2001)	10 January 1962	22 June 1977	15 years, 163 days	CPSU
2		Chimit-Dorzhu Ondar (born 1932)	22 June 1977	December 1984	7 years, 5 months	CPSU
3		Vladimir Seryakov (1934–2016)	December 1984	April 1990	5 years, 4 months	CPSU
4		Sherig-ool Oorzhak (born 1942)	28 April 1990	25 December 1991	1 year, 241 days	CPSU

Heads of party

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
First Secretary of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1961)
1		Salchak Toka (1901–1973)	13 October 1944	10 October 1961	16 years, 362 days	CPSU
First Secretaries of the Republican Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1961–1991)
(1)		Salchak Toka (1901–1973)	11 October 1961	11 May 1973	11 years, 213 days	CPSU
2		Grigoriy Shirshin (born 1934)	6 June 1973	23 August 1991	18 years, 78 days	CPSU