Galina Vladimirovna Semenova (24 April 1937 – 19 November 2017) was a Soviet-Russian Politician and a high-standing member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).[1] She was a member of the CPSU Politburo (28th term) and the CPSU Secretariat (28th term). She was one of four women ever to be a part of the Politburo, one of three women to be full members of the Politburo, and one of seven women to serve in the Secretariat.

Galina Semenova
Галина Семёнова
Semenova in 1990
Chair of the CPSU Central Committee Commission on Family, Women and Demographic Policy
In office
14 July 1990 – 6 November 1991
Personal details
Born(1937-04-24)24 April 1937
Smolensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died19 November 2017(2017-11-19) (aged 80)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeNikolo-Arkhangelskoye Cemetery, Moscow
CitizenshipSoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
EducationCandidate of Philosophical Sciences
Alma materUniversity of Lviv
ProfessionCivil servant

References edit

  1. ^ Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Senkowitsch: Samyje sakrytyje ljudi: enziklopedija biografij. Olma Media Group 2002. S. 515–16. ISBN 978-5-94850-035-5