Alexander Bessmertnykh

For the Russian skier, see Aleksandr Bessmertnykh (skier).

Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бессме́ртных

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
In office December 1990 – August 1991
Preceded by	Eduard Shevardnadze
Succeeded by	Boris Pankin
Personal details
Born	(1933-11-10) 10 November 1933 Biysk, Altai Krai, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet and Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Spouse(s)	Marina Vladimirovna
Children	2
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Profession	Politics

Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бессме́ртных; born 10 November 1933)^[1] is a Russian diplomat who briefly served as foreign minister of the Soviet Union.

Early life

Bessmertnykh was born in Biisk in 1933,^[2] first of four children. He lost his father when he was 10 years old.

Career

Bessmertnykh joined the ministry of foreign affairs in 1957. From 1970 to 1983 he served as a consul at the Soviet embassy in the United States, and then headed the US department in the foreign ministry.^[2] In 1986, he was appointed deputy foreign minister and in 1988, he became first deputy foreign minister. From 1990 to 1991 he was ambassador to the United States.^[2]

Soviet Foreign Minister

He briefly served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in 1991,^[3] replacing Eduard Shevardnadze. During the August coup of 1991 he did not lend his support to the attempt at removing Gorbachev from power, but refused to condemn the plotters. Consequently, he was removed by Mikhail Gorbachev.

References

↑ The World Politics Forum
1 2 3 "Biographies" (PDF). The World Politics Forum. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
↑ Ambassador Alexander Bessmertnykh

External links

MGIMO Alumni Association. Alexander Bessmertnykh profile (Russian)
GlobalZero.org. Biography of Alexander Bessmertnykh (Russian)

Political offices
Preceded by Eduard Shevardnadze	Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union 1991	Succeeded by Boris Pankin

Foreign ministers of Russia and the Soviet Union

Tsardom of Russia	Ivan Viskovatyi Vasily and Andrey Shchelkalov Ivan Gramotin Pyotr Tretyakov Almaz Ivanov Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin Artamon Matveyev Vasily Golitsyn Yemelyan Ukraintsev Lev Naryshkin Fyodor Golovin Peter Shafirov

Russian Empire	Gavrila Golovkin Andrey Osterman Aleksey Tcherkassky Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin Mikhailo Vorontsov Nikita I. Panin Ivan Osterman Alexander Bezborodko Fyodor Rostopchin Nikita P. Panin Viktor Kochubey Alexander Vorontsov Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Andrei Budberg Nikolay Rumyantsev Ioannis Kapodistrias Karl Robert Nesselrode Alexander Gorchakov Nikolay Girs Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky Nikolay Shishkin Mikhail Muravyov Vladimir Lamsdorf Alexander Izvolsky Sergey Sazonov Boris Stürmer Nikolai Pokrovsky

Provisional Government	Pavel Milyukov Mikhail Tereshchenko

Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union	Leon Trotsky Georgy Chicherin Maxim Litvinov Vyacheslav Molotov Andrey Vyshinsky Dmitri Shepilov Andrei Gromyko Eduard Shevardnadze Aleksandr Bessmertnykh Boris Pankin Eduard Shevardnadze

Russian Federation	Andrey Kozyrev Yevgeny Primakov Igor Ivanov Sergey Lavrov

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