Yuri Andropov
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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (1914-1984) was a Soviet politician. He was born in Nagutskoye, Russian SFSR. He was General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death fifteen months later. He had diabetes mellitus and died of renal failure in Moscow, Russian SFSR.
| Preceded by Leonid Brezhnev |
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1982–1984 |
Succeeded by Konstantin Chernenko |