Yuri Andropov
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov[1] (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Андропов; 15 June 1914-9 February 1984)[2] 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 | |
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 Yuri Andropov in c.1983-1984 | |
| 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 (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 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.
References
- "Definition of Andropov | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- Smorodinskaya (2013-10-28). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-78785-0.
| Preceded by Leonid Brezhnev |
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1982–1984 |
Succeeded by Konstantin Chernenko |