First Secretary of the Adyghe Communist Party

The First Secretary of the Adyghe regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Cherkess (Adyghe) AO (1922), Adyghe (Cherkess) AO (1922–1928), Adyghe AO (1928–1991) and the Adyghe ASSR (1991) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created on September 23, 1922, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Adyghe Communist Party

Name	Term of Office		Life years
Name	Start	End	Life years
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Kazimir Golodovich	September 23, 1922	June 7, 1923	1893–1938
Leonid Gazov	June 7, 1923	December 12, 1926	1898–1987
Iosif Chernoglaz	December 12, 1926	July 1929	1894–1930
Aron Tsekher	July 1929	August 1931	1893–1938
Gavriil Kirillov	August 2, 1931	June 17, 1932
Shahan-Girei Hakurate	June 17, 1932	October 5, 1935	1883–1935
Andrey Movchan	October 23, 1935	November 7, 1937	1897–1938
Dmitry Yelin^{[lower-alpha 1]}	November 7, 1937	June 2, 1938	1907–?
Fyodor Chekalovsky	June 2, 1938	February 2, 1940	1898–1962
Mikhail Kruglikov	February 2, 1940	May 7, 1941	1903–?
Anton Yermakov	May 7, 1941	March 28, 1943	1896–1965
Leonid Krivenko	March 28, 1943	February 20, 1945	1907–1969
Mikhail Davidov	February 20, 1945	March 16, 1949	1901–?
Khalid Kade	March 16, 1949	February 8, 1954	1909–1958
Ibragim Chundokov	February 8, 1954	March 25, 1960	1906–?
Nukh Berzegov	March 25, 1960	December 19, 1983	1925–2002
Malich Khut	December 19, 1983	January 1, 1989	1932–1989
Aslan Dzharimov	January 18, 1989	August 1991	1939–