Andrey Vyshinsky
Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (Russian: Андре́й Януа́рьевич Выши́нский; Polish: Andrzej Wyszyński) (10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1883 – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat.
Andrey Vyshinsky | |
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| Андрей Вышинский | |
Vyshinsky in 1940 | |
| Procurator General of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 3 March 1935 – 31 May 1939 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Ivan Akulov |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Pankratov |
| Procurator General of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 11 May 1931 – 25 May 1934 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Krylenko |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 March 1949 – 5 March 1953 | |
| Premier | Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations | |
| In office 5 March 1953 – 22 November 1954 | |
| Premier | Georgy Malenkov |
| Preceded by | Valerian Zorin |
| Succeeded by | Arkady Sobolev |
| Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 31 May 1939 – 15 May 1944 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin |
| Candidate member of the 19th Presidium | |
| In office 16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky 10 December 1883 Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 November 1954 (aged 70) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | RSDLP (Mensheviks) (1903–1920) Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1920–1954) |
| Profession | Jurist, diplomat, civil servant |
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He is best known as a state prosecutor of Joseph Stalin's Moscow Trials and in the Nuremberg trials. He was the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953, after having served as Deputy Foreign Minister under Vyacheslav Molotov since 1940. He also headed the Institute of State and Law in the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
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