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In 1970 he was elected to the USSR
Supreme Soviet.
From 1971 till 1991 Gorbachev was a member
of the Communist Party Central Committee.
From November, 1978 Gorbachev was a Central
Committee secretary in charge of agriculture. In
1978 Gorbachev moved to Moscow for permament
residence.
In 1979 -1980 he was a candidate to the
Polit Bureau of the Communist Party Central
Committee.
From October, 1980 till August, 1991 he
was a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist
Party Central Committee.
On March,11 1985 Gorbachev was elected as
the General Secretary of the Communist Party
Central Committee at the extraordinary Session of
the Central Committee.
A member of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme
Soviet (1985-1988).
In 1985-1988 Gorbachev radically changed
the course of the Soviet foreign policy. At the
XXVII Congress of the Communist Party (February-
March,1986) he unveiled the Soviet program of
nuclear-free world to the 2000.
From October, 1988 M.G. was a chairman of
the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
From May 1989 till March 1990 M.G. was a
chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet.
Gorbachov was elected as the President at the
third Congress of People's Deputies, held in March
1990.
Deputy of the 8-11-th USSR Supreme Soviet.
Deputy of the 10-11-th Russian Federation Supreme
Soviet.
On August,19 1991 Gorbachev's
companions-in-arms attempted to carry out coup
d'etat
On August,21 1991 Gorbachev returned to
Moscow after coup d'etat was failed due to the
Russian authorities' efforts. Since that
practically all Gorbachov's decisions were
coordinated with the Russian President Boris
Yeltsin.
At the end of August Gorbachev resigned from the
post of General Secretary of the Communist Party
Central Committee.
On December, 25 1991, speaking on T.V., he
resigned from the post of the Soviet President.
"for principal considerations".
On December, 25 1991 Gorbachev also signed
a decree on transfering control over the
strategic nuclear weapons to the Russian
President Boris Yeltsin.
Since June 1993 Gorbachev has been the
President of the "Green Cross
International".
On December,2 1995 in the interview to the
"Novaya Ezhenedelnaya Gazeta" (the
"New daily") he publicly declared his
intention to take part in the Presidentional
elections. According to Gorbachov's words, he
became firmly convinced in his decision, meeti ng
people in the regions.
On January,27 1996 an initiative group was
created to promote Mikhail Gorbachov to the
presidential post. The Former Federation council
Deputy, Alexey Manannikov, heads its organizing
committee.
Gorbachev's address "to all democratic
forces" - "Give a chance to
people"- was circulated by the Initiative
group on March,1 1996. It has an appeal to
urgently gather the All-Russian democratic forum
and to work out common strategy on the eve of the
P residential elections in Russia. "All the
democratic leaders, parties and movements have to
unite their efforts and be the single team. It's
necessary to agree upon all the key-posts in the
Government before the Presidential elections.
This information m ust be available to all
people," the address says.
On March,12 1996 Alexey Manannikov told
journalists that M.Gorbachev had managed to
collect 1 million voters' signatures necessary to
register as an official candidate by the Central
Electoral Commission. The organizing committee
chairman noted that a ll the necessary documents
would be delivered to the Central Electoral
Commission at the end of the month. They will
continue collecting voters' signatures to have
some reserve.
On Mach,29 1996 at the press-conference in
the Central House of journalists M.Gorbachev
addressed to the Russian President Boris Yeltsin with a
statement. It was called "Elections must be
fair and equal". This was u rged by the fact
that the incumbent president had created a
council to organize his reelection. Boris Yeltsin
is the head of the Council. The statement
stressed that Boris Yeltsin had violated
legislation on election campaign. He included
some officia ls to his election campaign Council.
They are: the Russian Prime-Minister, director of
FSC, as well as, president of the independant
T.V. channel (NTV). The copies of the statement
were sent to both Chambers of the Russian Federal
Assembly, to the Co nstitutional Court and to the
Central Electoral Commission.
On April,4 the Initiative group , promoted
M.Gorbachev to the presidential post,delivered
the documents necessary to register as a
presidential candidate to the Central Electoral
Commission. There are 1 410 000 voters'
signatures in support of his candida cy. The
majority of signatures were collected in
St.-Petersburg (over 70.000) and in Moscow
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