WORLD : Gorbachev’s Man Gets Key Post
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From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports
MOSCOW — Vladimir Ivashko was elected today as deputy leader of the Soviet Communist Party, the official news agency Tass said, quoting reliable sources.
Ivashko, considered a moderate conservative, defeated hard-line champion Yegor Ligachev for the post of deputy to party chief Mikhail S. Gorbachev in a vote at the party’s 28th congress, Tass said. it did not give a vote count.
Gorbachev endorsed Ivashko shortly before the start of the balloting.
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