Konstantin Fyodorowitsch Katuschew
Konstantin Fjodorowitsch Katuschew ( Russian Константи́н Фёдорович Ка́тушев ; born October 1, 1927 in Bolshoye Boldino , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ; † April 5, 2010 in Moscow ) was a Soviet diplomat and politician .
biography
After attending school, he graduated from the industrial institute in Gorki . After completing his studies in 1951 he became an employee of the Gorki Auto Plant ( Gorkowski Awtomobilny Sawod , GAS) and in 1952 a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) .
His political career began in 1957 as a full-time functionary of the CPSU. As such, he was first second secretary of the Avtosavodski district in Gorky and at the same time secretary of the party committee of the GAS automobile works. In 1963 he first became First Secretary of the CPSU in Gorky and then on December 27, 1965 First Secretary of the CPSU in Gorky Oblast, today's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. On April 10, 1968 he became a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee (ZK) of the CPSU , of which he was a member until May 24, 1977. Between 1972 and 1977 he was also head of a department of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
On March 16, 1977 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. He held this office until July 29, 1982, during which time he was also the representative of the government of the USSR at the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (Comecon).
He then became ambassador to Cuba in 1982 .
After his return to the USSR on November 22, 1985 he was appointed chairman of the State Committee for External Economic Relations. On January 15, 1988 he became Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and held this office until November 14, 1991 in the governments of Nikolai Ivanovich Ryschkow and Ivan Stepanovich Silayev .
He was also a deputy of the Supreme Soviet from 1966 to 1990 .
For his political merits he was awarded three orders of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katuschew, Konstantin Fjodorowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Катушев, Константин Фёдорович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolshoye Boldino , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 2010 |
| Place of death | Moscow |