Gennady Ivanovich Gerasimov
Gennady Ivanovich Gerassimow ( Russian Геннадий Иванович Герасимов ; born March 3, 1930 in Jelabuga , † September 14, 2010 in Moscow ) was a Soviet diplomat.
From 1986 Gerassimow was the foreign policy spokesman for Mikhail Gorbachev and his foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze . He is one of the personalities of German unity. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1990, Gerasimov went to Germany as a diplomat .
His dictum of the Sinatra Doctrine, coined in October 1989, became internationally known .
According to the memory of various journalists, Gerasimov is considered to be the author of the saying, which is mostly attributed to Gorbachev, “If you come too late, life will punish you” (Кто опаздывает, того наказывает жизнь): At a press conference on the occasion of the state visit to the GDR on October 7, 1989 Gorbachev's meeting with Erich Honecker can be characterized by the following quote: "Those who are late will be punished by life itself."
Web links
- Genadi I. Gerasimov in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary by the Russian Foreign Ministry ( Memento from July 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ulla Plog: "Who comes too late, life punishes him". In: FAZ.net . October 6, 2004, accessed December 16, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerasimov, Gennady Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Герасимов, Геннадий Иванович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yelabuga |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 2010 |
| Place of death | Moscow |