Andrei Gromyko
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 (aged 79) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Decorations and awards
Andrei Gromyko Media
Gromyko standing between Harry Truman and James Byrnes at the Potsdam Conference in July 1945
Gromyko and John F. Kennedy in October 1961
Batsanov, Llewellyn Thompson, Gromyko, and Dean Rusk in 1967 during the Glassboro Summit
Gromyko with Jimmy Carter in 1978
Gromyko at the Stockholm Conference in 1984
A Belarusian stamp from 2009 depicting Gromyko
Leonid Brezhnev and Gromyko meeting with Henry Kissinger and President Gerald Ford in Vladivostok, Soviet Union, 1974
Tomb in Moscow
- OrderofLeninribbonbar
POL Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej 1kl BAR
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References
- ↑ Whitney, Craig (4 July 1989). "Andrei A. Gromyko: Flinty Face of Postwar Soviet Diplomacy". New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2016.