Mikhail Gorbachev brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace Vladimir Ivashko as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on 23 June 1990.Секретариат ЦК КП(б) - КП Украины He resigned his position as First Secretary on 30 August 1991 , when the failure of the August putsch in Moscow, the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine were banned.
