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Which world leader was known for glasnost and perestroika?

Glasnost (meaning “openness”) and perestroika (“reconstruction”) were policy reforms associated with the 1980s General Secretary of the Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, that eventually led to the Soviet Union’s disintegration. Gorbachev, also credited with ending the Cold War, died on Aug. 30, 2022,  at a Moscow hospital at 91.