Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR was the top Soviet government official responsible for directing the country's foreign policy and representing the Soviet Union in international relations.

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instanceOf government office
ministerial position
abolished 1991
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
appointedBy Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
confers authority to sign international treaties on behalf of the USSR
representation of the USSR in international organizations
country Soviet Union
dissolvedOrAbolished after dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
fieldOfWork diplomacy
international law
international relations
hasPart Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
headOf Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
hierarchicalPosition senior ministerial post in the Soviet government
inception 1923
jurisdiction foreign affairs of the Soviet Union
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
memberOf Council of Ministers of the USSR
Soviet of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Warsaw Pact
officeHolder Alexander Bessmertnykh
Andrei Gromyko
Andrey Vyshinsky
linked to: Andrei Vyshinsky

Boris Pankin
Dmitri Shepilov
Eduard Shevardnadze
Georgy Chicherin
Maxim Litvinov
Vyacheslav Molotov
officeHolderTitleInLanguage Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
Министр иностранных дел СССР
partOf Council of Ministers of the USSR
Soviet government
precededBy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR
replacedBy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
reportsTo Council of Ministers of the USSR
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
responsibleFor foreign policy of the Soviet Union
international relations of the Soviet Union
saidToBeTheSameAs Soviet foreign minister
seat Moscow
timePeriod Soviet era
usedBy Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union

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Soviet ambassadors reportsTo Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
Council of Foreign Ministers of the Allied powers hasPart Soviet Foreign Minister
linked to: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR