Yuri Andropov

Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов
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
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
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

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (1914-1984) was a Soviet politician. He was born in Nagutskoye, Russian SFSR.

Andropov was Director of the KGB for an unusually long time: 1967–1982 (Jan-May). 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