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{{infobox person
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Mikhail Gorbachev
|name=Mikhail Gorbachev
|image=03-026.jpg
|image=03-026.jpg
|birth_date=March 2, 1931 (age 90)
|birth_date=March 2, 1931 (age 90)
|birth_place=Sevastopol, Crimea (now Russia)
|birth_place=Sevastopol, Crimea
|spouse=Raisa Gorbacheva (m. 1953, d. 1999)
|death_date=
|death_place=
|religion=
|spouse=
|children=
|alma_mater=
|party=
|office=Leader of the Soviet Union
|term_start=1985
|term_end=1991
|preceded=Konstantin Chernenko
|succeeded=Boris Yeltsin (as President of Russia)
}}
}}
'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev''', a [[Russia]]n national (born March 2, 1931 in Sevastopol, [[Crimea]]), was the last effective leader of the [[Soviet Union]] from 1985 till 1991. Embarking on a new openness with the outside not previously seen under Soviet rule, Gorbachev became quite popular among [[Democratic Socialist]]s in the West.
'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev''', a [[Russia]]n national (born March 2, 1931 in Sevastopol, [[Crimea]]), was the last effective leader of the [[Soviet Union]] from 1985 till 1991. Embarking on a new openness with the outside not previously seen under Soviet rule, Gorbachev became quite popular among [[Democratic Socialist]]s in the West.