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|alma_mater=

|alma_mater=

|party=

|party=

|office=Leader of the Soviet Union

|office=General Secretary of the Communist Party of Russia

|term_start=1985

|term_start=March 11,1985

|term_end=1991

|term_end=August 24, 1991

|preceded=Konstantin Chernenko

|preceded=Konstantin Chernenko

|succeeded=Boris Yeltsin (as President of Russia)

|succeeded=Boris Yeltsin (as President of Russia)