Nicolae Coval

Nicolae Coval
First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party
In office January 5, 1946 – July 1950
Prime Minister	Gherasim Rudi
Preceded by	Nikita Salogor
Succeeded by	Leonid Brezhnev
Prime Minister of Moldova1
In office April 17, 1945 – January 4, 1946
Preceded by	Tihon Konstantinov
Succeeded by	Gherasim Rudi
Personal details
Born	(1904-12-19)December 19, 1904 Camenca
Died	Chişinău
Political party	Communist Party of Moldova
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy
1. The name was Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars.

Nicolae Coval (Camenca, December 19, 1904 – Chişinău, January 15, 1970) was a Moldavian SSR politician.

Nicolae Coval (Nikolay Grigoryevich Koval) was born on December 19, 1904, in Camenca, Transnistria. He died on January 15, 1970, in Chişinău.

Coval was the prime minister of Moldavian SSR (April 17, 1945 – January 5, 1946). Coval was also the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (January 5, 1946 - July 1950).

During his rule the hunger of 1946-1947 has occurred in the Moldаvian SSR, when more than 170 thousands of people has died. The hunger had partially objective reasons (relatively low harvest), while partially was organized by Soviet Authorities (Joseph Stalin and Communist Party of the Soviet Union), which urged the completation of Soviet grain stocks. The hunger was stopped in the autumn of 1947, after which a forced collectivisation of the agriculture in Bessarabia was ordered by Communist and Soviet authorities.

Bibliography

• *** - Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească (Chişinău, 1970–1977)

Party political offices
Preceded by Nikita Salogor	First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party January 5, 1946 – July 1950	Succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev
Political offices
Preceded by Tihon Konstantinov	Prime Minister of Moldova April 17, 1945 – January 5, 1946	Succeeded by Gherasim Rudi