Fedor Morgyn Ukrainian agronomist scientist, public figure Country: Ukraine

Biography of Fedor Morgun

Fedor Morgun was a Ukrainian agronomist and public figure. He was born into the family of a rural carpenter, Trofim Evstafiievich. In 1943, Morgun was drafted into the Soviet Army and participated in the Great Patriotic War as a mortarman, receiving three wounds. After the war, he graduated with honors from the Dnipropetrovsk Agricultural Institute in 1949, specializing as a agronomist.

From 1949, Morgun worked in the agricultural sector in the Poltava region. In 1954, he moved to the virgin lands of Kazakhstan, where he worked in agricultural and party positions in the Kokshetau region. In 1962, he became the First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Pavlodar Regional Council of Workers' Deputies. In 1963, he became the Second Secretary of the Pavlodar District Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. From 1964, he served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Steppe Regional Executive Committee and the Chief of the Regional Agriculture Department in Tselinograd. In 1969, he became the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kirghiz SSR.

In 1972, Morgun became an inspector at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. From January 1973 to April 1988, he served as the First Secretary of the Poltava Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. In the summer of 1978, he was offered the position of Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU after the death of F.D. Kulakov, but he declined. From March 1988, he retired at the federal level. From 1988 to 1989, he served as the Chairman of the State Committee for Environmental Protection of the USSR.

From 1995 to 2001, Morgun worked as an advisor to the Governor of the Belgorod region on agricultural issues. From 2001 to 2008, he worked as an external advisor to the head of the Poltava Regional State Administration on agrarian issues. He participated in the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2007 as the second candidate on the list of the "All-Ukrainian Community" bloc.

Morgun passed away after a car accident and was buried in the Jewish cemetery of Poltava. He is survived by two daughters and one son. Morgun was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor in 1976 and received numerous orders and medals for his contributions to agriculture and society. He was a member of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Ukraine and a corresponding member of the International Academy of Information Processes and Technologies. He authored several books and publications and was a recipient of the State Prize.

In 1998, Morgun was awarded the diploma of the Russian Biographical Institute as the "Man of the Year" for his outstanding scientific and practical achievements in agriculture. He held a candidate degree in agricultural sciences (1970) and a doctoral degree in agricultural sciences (1995).