Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бессме́ртных; born 10 November 1933)
is a Soviet diplomat who briefly served as foreign minister of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
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Early life
Bessmertnykh was born in
Biisk in 1933,
[ first of four children. He lost his father when he was 10 years old.
]
Career
Bessmertnykh joined the ministry of foreign affairs in 1957. From 1970 to 1983 he served as a consul at the Soviet embassy in the United States
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, and then headed the US department in the foreign ministry.[ In 1986, he was appointed deputy foreign minister and in 1988, he became first deputy foreign minister. From 1990 to 1991 he was ambassador to the United States.][
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Soviet Foreign Minister
He briefly served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in 1991, replacing Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for ...
, being approved by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...
, 421 voted in favour, 3 against, and 10 abstained. During the August coup of 1991 he did not lend his support to the attempt at removing Gorbachev from power, but refused to condemn the plotters. For supporting the GKChP, the government of Valentin Pavlov was dismissed and, accordingly, Bessmertnykh lost the post of Minister.Полномочные представители
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References
External links
* MGIMO
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an higher educa ...
Alumni Association
Alexander Bessmertnykh profile
* GlobalZero.org
Biography of Alexander Bessmertnykh
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1933 births
Living people
People from Biysk
Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the United States
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Soviet Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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