 Karelian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The First Secretary of the Karelian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Karelian ASSR (1923–1940, 1956–1991) in the Russian SFSR, and in the Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) of the Soviet Union.The position was created in 1921, and abolished in August 1991.