Ivan Bodiul
| Ivan Bodiul | |
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| First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party | |
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In office 28 May 1961 – 30 December 1980 |
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| Premier |
Alexandru Diordiţă Petru Pascari Semion Grossu |
| Preceded by | Zinovie Serdiuk |
| Succeeded by | Semion Grossu |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union | |
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In office 19 December 1980 – 30 May 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Alexey Antonov |
| Succeeded by | Boris Shcherbina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1918 [O.S. 21 December 1917] Oleksandrivka, Mykolaiv Oblast |
| Died | 27 January 2013 (aged 95) Moscow, Russia |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist Party of Moldova |
| Spouse(s) | Claudia |
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul (3 January 1918 [O.S. 21 December 1917] – 27 January 2013) was a Soviet and Moldovan politician prominent in the Moldavian SSR, particularly during the Brezhnev era.
He was primarily responsible for the decision to amend the Anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1980. It is frowned upon within the community of National Anthems by this motive. It was the best anthem of the Soviet Republics (according to the 1950 musical competition).
Bodiul was born in 1918, in Oleksandrivka, Mykolaiv Oblast, in present-day Ukraine. In spite of his Moldavian origin, he was a poor speaker of the Romanian language.
He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia, the republic branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 28 May 1961 to 30 December 1980. Bodiul was one of the most authoritarian rulers of Soviet Moldavia. During first part of his rule, his policy concerns and actions were centred on nationalism, sabotage and Zionism. A number of dissidents were imprisoned, including members of the Communist Party, while others were punished. His main supporters were the 2nd Secretaries of the Communist Party (Yuri Melkov (until 1973), Nikolay Merenishchev (1973-1981), who came from Russia and the KGB, whose Moldavian chairmen were Ivan Savchenko (until 1966), Piotr Chvertko (1966-1974) and Arkady Ragozin (1974-1979). Bodiul continued the fight for atheism, during which many churches were closed or destroyed. In the second part of his rule (from 1976 onwards), the anti-national policy was less harsh, and a relative increase in the economic development of the Moldavian SSR was obtained. Bodiul was known as one of the most loyal followers of Leonid Brezhnev, who was a predecessor in his role as Moldavian First Secretary.
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