Background
SOKOLOV, Yefrem was born on April 25, 1926 in Byelorussia.
SOKOLOV, Yefrem was born on April 25, 1926 in Byelorussia.
Byelorussian Agricultural Academy and Higher Party School of Central Committee of Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Served in Soviet Army 1944-1950. Chief Agronomist, Director machine and tractor station, Chief of Agriculture Inspectorate for Executive Committee of Ivanovo District People"s Deputies’ Soviet 1956-1958. 2nd Secretary Ivanovo District Committee, Byelorussian Communist Party 1958-1961.
1st Secretary Urliutiub District Committee, Kazakhstan and other party work 1961-1965.
Chairman Brest Regional Committee, Agricultural Trade Union. First Secretary Ivanovo District Committee, C.P. of Byelorussia.
Deputy Chief, then Chief, Agriculture Department, Central Committee, C.P. of Byelorussia 77. First Secretary Brest Regional Committee, C.P. of Byelorussia 1977-1987, First Secretary Central Committee since 1987.
Candidate; Deputy to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet since 1979.
Deputy to Byelorussian South.S.R. Supreme Soviet 1976-1980, since 1987.
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]
Sokolov was a member of the 28th Political Bureau, elected on 14 July 1990 by the 1st Plenary Session of the 28th Central Committee.