Sergei Andreevich Losev (1927 – 3 October 1988) was a Soviet journalist and politician. From 1979 to 1988 he was general director of

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, the

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’s official

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Life

After graduation from the

Moscow Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an higher educa ...

, Losev joined TASS in 1950. He was a correspondent and bureau chief in the United States and Israel. In 1973 he became assistant director of TASS,and in 1979 became the agency's director. Losev was a member of the Communist Party's Central Auditing Commission, a delegate to the

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

and 1986 Communist Party congresses, and a delegate to the 1988 Communist Party conference. He had also been a member of 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 ...

. He died in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

on 3 October 1988.

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