Valentina Khmel
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28 February 1939
Valentina Khmel | |
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Валентина Хмель | |
| Born | Valentina Petrovna Khmel 28 February 1939 Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Painter-plasterer |
| Awards | Order of Labour Glory (x3) |
Valentina Petrovna Khmel (Russian: Валентина Петровна Хмель; born 28 February 1939) is a Russian painter-plasterer and politician. She was a painter-plasterer and later formeman of finishers at the Construction and Assembly Department No. 5 of the Angarsk Construction Department of the Ministry of Medium Machine-Building in the Irkutsk Oblast. Khmel was an people's deputy of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. Khmel was a recipient of all three classes of the Order of Labour Glory.
Khmel was born on 28 February 1939 in Chita Oblast (today the Trans-Baikal Territory).[1] During her youth, she moved to Angarsk in 1955.[2] Khmel attended Vocational School No. 10, graduating in 1956.[3] She began working at the Construction and Assembly Department No. 5 (SMU-5) of the Angarsk Construction Department (AUS) of the Ministry of Medium Machine-Building in the Irkutsk Oblast as a painter and plasterer.[1][4] In 1976, she was appointed foreman of finishers at the facility and joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) as a member.[1][3] Khmel provided team with insiration to exceed their objectives ahead of their published schedules.[1]
She served three convocations as a deputy of the Irkutsk Regional Council as well as the Angarsk City Council and as a member of the Bureau of the Irkutsk Regional Committee of the CPSU.[5] Khmel was a Delegate to the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1986.[3] Between 1989 and 1991, she was a people's deputy of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was elected to serve as a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[3][4] Khmel was part of one of the first government delegations of the congress to travel to the United States in Kingsburg, California; she was the first resident of Angarsk to visit the United States.[3][5] From 1990, she was a member of the Union Council Commission on Labour, Prices and Social Policy.[4]