Andrei Gromyko
Soviet diplomat
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy.[1]
Andrei Gromyko | |
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![]() Gromyko in 1972 | |
President of the Soviet Union | |
In office 27 July 1985 – 30 September 1988 | |
Deputy | Vasili Kuznetsov Pyotr Demichev |
Preceded by | Konstantin Chernenko Vasily Kuznetsov (acting) |
Succeeded by | Mikhail Gorbachev |
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
In office 24 March 1983 – 2 July 1985 | |
Premier | Nikolai Tikhonov |
Preceded by | Heydar Aliyev |
Succeeded by | Nikolai Talyzin |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 14 February 1957 – 2 July 1985 | |
Premier | Nikolai Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov |
Preceded by | Dmitri Shepilov |
Succeeded by | Eduard Shevardnadze |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko 18 July [O.S. 5 July] 1909 Staryya Hramyki, Russian Empire |
Died | 2 July 1989 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 79)
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Decorations and awards
changeReferences
change- ↑ Whitney, Craig (4 July 1989). "Andrei A. Gromyko: Flinty Face of Postwar Soviet Diplomacy". New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2016.