Yefrem Sokolov

Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov (; , 25 April 1926 – 5 April 2022) was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussian SSR from February 1988 to November 1990. Sokolov was a member of the Politburo. He was elected on 14 July 1990.
Sokolov died on 5 April 2022, three weeks before his 96th birthday.