"We need a new system of values, a system of the
organic unity between mankind and nature and the ethic of
global responsibility"
Mikhail Gorbachev
President of Green Cross International
Brief biography of
Mikhail Gorbahev
Since 1992, the Honourable Mikhail Gorbachev is President,
International Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political
Studies (The Gorbachev Foundation) and President, Green
Cross International.
He is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1990), the Orders
of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labour, and the Badge of Honour.
Mikhail Gorbachev served as President of the Soviet Union
from 1990-1991 and as General Secretary of the Polit Bureau
of the Central Committee, Communist Party of Soviet Union
from 1985 to 1991.
He was born on March 2, 1931 in Privolnoje, Soviet Union (now
part of Russia). He grew up in this region and began work
and his political career in the city of Stavropol. He worked
as a machine operator at the Stavropol Agricultural Institute
in1946 and later went to the Moscow State University where
he graduated in law.
Descriptions of Mikhail Gorbachev's prominent political career
in the Soviet Union fill volumes, and only a very brief overview
is given here.
Mikhail Gorbachev first joined the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union in 1952 and acted as First Secretary, Stavropol
Komsomol City Committee (1955-1958). From here, he gained
reputation and experience in Stavropol politics and was later
elected to the Central Committee, Communist Party (CCCP) of
the Soviet Union as a Member in 1971. From 1978-1985 he served
as Secretary for the CCCP with responsibility for agriculture.
He aslo served as Deputy of Supreme Soviet from 1970-1990
and acted as Chairman for the Foreign Affairs Committee of
the Soviet of the Union from1984-85. From 1985-1990 he was
a Member in the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR,
serving as President from 1989-1990.
Mikhail Gorbachev is married to Raissa Gorbacheva (1953 -
1999), has one daughter, and two granddaugthers.
His numerous publications include: [Links to Barnes
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