Dmitri Trofimowitsch Shepilov
Dmitri Shepilov ( Russian Дмитрий Трофимович Шепилов ; born October 23 . Jul / 5. November 1905 greg. In Ashkhabad , Russian empire , today Turkmenistan , † 18 August 1995 in Moscow ) was a Soviet politician and Foreign Minister of the USSR from 1956 to 1957.
Life
Shepilov became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU on July 12, 1955 and a candidate for the Politburo on February 27, 1956 . On June 1, 1956, he succeeded Molotov as Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union. He was considered a close confidante of Khrushchev and is said to have contributed to the policy of opening up a new direction towards the West.
On July 29, 1957, Shepilov was expelled from the Politburo along with Molotov , Kaganowitsch and Malenkov after an attempted coup against Khrushchev . His successor as foreign minister was his previous deputy Gromyko .
literature
- Dimitri T. Schepilow , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 41/1957 of September 30, 1957, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Literature by and about Dmitri Trofimowitsch Schepilow in the catalog of the German National Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Molotov |
Soviet Foreign Minister 1956–1957 |
Andrei Gromyko |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shepilov, Dmitri Trofimowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шепилов, Дмитрий Трофимович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ashgabat , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1995 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |