Boris Pugo

Boris Pugo
Born	1937-02-19 Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	1991-08-22 (Age 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet
Alma mater	Riga Polytechnical
Party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
USSR/Minister of Interior In office 1 December 1990 - 22 August 1991  USSR/Chairman of the Central Control Commission In office 30 September 1988 - April 1991  First Secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia In office 14 April 1984 - 4 October 1988

Boris Karlovich Pugo was a Soviet Communist politician of Latvian origin.

Pugo was the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Latvian SSR from April 14, 1984 to October 4, 1988. Pugo was also chairman of the Control Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1988-1991.

Between 1990 and 1991, he was the Minister of the Interior Affairs of the USSR. He was a member of the August Coup in 1991 and as the minister of interior firmly supported measures to suppress opposition to the coup.

Death

After the coup had failed, he supposedly committed suicide, anticipating arrest. He was contacted by the RSFSR prosecution for a meeting and he shot his wife and himself minutes after the phone call. It has been suggested that he committed suicide with a remarkable 3 shots to the head.

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