Yuri Andropov
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Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов | |
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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 15 June 1914 Stanitsa Nagutskaya, Stavropol Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 9 February 1984 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 69)
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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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 |