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Andrei Gromyko

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Also known as Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko

Soviet diplomat

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Andrei Gromyko was a long-serving Soviet diplomat who played a central role in Cold War foreign policy for the Soviet Union. His career spanned decades and made him one of the most influential figures shaping Soviet-Western relations during this period of global tension.

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Starye Gromyki, Mogilevskaya Governorate, Russian Empire

Soviet diplomat and statesman, in 1957-1985 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, in 1985-1988 - Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Doctor of Economics (1956). In 1944, the USSR Ambassador to the United States, Gromyko, led the Soviet delegation at the International Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, USA, on the creation of the United Nations. Participated in…

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human
Given name
Andrey
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
memoirist
Educated at
Belarusian State Economic University
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken
Russian
Religion
atheism
Award
Hero of Socialist Labour
Participant in
21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Andrei Gromyko 1972.jpg
Number of children
2
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place of burial
Novodevichy Cemetery
Commons category
Andrei Gromyko
date of death
1989-07-02
date of birth
1908-07-05
member of
Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
name in native language
Андрэй Андрэевіч Грамыка
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Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (18 July [O.S. 5 July] 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s, Western pundits called him Mr. Nyet ("Mr. No"), or Grim Grom, because of his frequent use of the Soviet veto in the United Nations Security Council.

Gromyko's political career started in 1939 in the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (renamed Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1946). He became the Soviet ambassador to the United States in 1943, leaving that position in 1946 to become the Soviet Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Upon his return to Moscow he became a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and later First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and eventually Foreign Minister. He went on to become the Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1952.

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