Yuri Andropov

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Андропов; 15 June 1914-9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician. He was born in Nagutskoye, Russian Empire just 13 days before the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and before World War I began on 28 July-August 1914. He joined the Soviet Communist Party in 1939 when World War II began. He was just 25 years old when he joined the party. He was the head of the KGB Secret police from 1967 to 1982. He was involved in the Warsaw Pact. He was involved in the Lin Biao incident of 1971 when Chinese Communist Official Lin Biao died in a plane crash in 1971 in Mongolia.

Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов
File:Yuri Andropov - Soviet Life, August 1983.jpg Official Portrait 1983
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office 10 November 1982 – 9 February 1984
Preceded by	Leonid Brezhnev
Succeeded by	Konstantin Chernenko
President of the Soviet Union
In office 16 June 1983 – 9 February 1984
Preceded by	Vasili Kuznetsov (acting)
Succeeded by	Vasili Kuznetsov (acting)
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office 25 January 1982 – 10 November 1982
Preceded by	Mikhail Suslov
Succeeded by	Konstantin Chernenko
4th Chairman of the Committee for State Security (KGB)
In office 18 May 1967 – 26 May 1982
Premier	Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov
Preceded by	Vladimir Semichastny
Succeeded by	Vitaly Fedorchuk
Personal details
Born	Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (1914-06-15)15 June 1914 Stanitsa Nagutskaya, Stavropol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	9 February 1984(1984-02-09) (aged 69) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Renal failure
Citizenship	Soviet
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Spouse(s)	Tatyana Andropova (m. 1940s–1984; his death)
Children	Igor Andropov Irina Andropova
Residence	Kutuzovsky Prospekt
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Andropov's identity card as Director of the KGB

Andropov was Director of the KGB for an unusually long time: 1967–1982 (Jan-May). He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from November 12, 1982 until his death fifteen months later. He had diabetes mellitus and died of renal failure in Moscow in 1984.

Yuri Andropov Media

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  Member of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, 23 November 1982

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  Andropov, Erich Honecker and Leonid Brezhnev, 1967

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  General Wojciech Jaruzelski meeting Andropov during the 1980 crisis

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  Andropov (seated second from right in the front row) presides over the USSR's 60th Anniversary shortly after succeeding Brezhnev as its leader.

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  Protest against the nuclear arms race between the U.S./NATO and the Soviet Union, The Hague, Netherlands, 1983

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  A photograph of Korean Air Lines HL7442, the airliner shot down by Soviet aircraft after drifting into prohibited airspace during the KAL 007 Flight.

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  President Ronald Reagan at the Soviet Embassy signing condolence book on death of Andropov

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Preceded by Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1982–1984

Succeeded by Konstantin Chernenko