Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов | |
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![]() Andropov in 1974 | |
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 |
President of the Soviet Union | |
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[1] (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Андропов; 15 June 1914 – 9 February 1984)[2] was a Soviet politician who briefly served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously headed the KGB and played a role in suppressing dissent. Andropov's time in power was marked by a focus on domestic issues and efforts to combat corruption, but his tenure was cut short by his death.