Dmitri Shepilov | |
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Дмитрий Шепилов | |
 Shepilov in 1955 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 June 1956 – 15 February 1957 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Bulganin |
| Preceded by | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Succeeded by | Andrei Gromyko |
| Editor-in-chief of Pravda | |
| In office 1952–1956 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Ilichev |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Satyukov |
| Head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee | |
| In office 20 July 1949 – 27 October 1952 | |
| Preceded by | Post established (Mikhail Suslov as Propaganda and Agitation Department head) |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Suslov |
| Candidate member of the 20th Presidium | |
| In office 27 February 1956 – 29 June 1957 | |
| Member of the 19th, 20th Secretariat | |
| In office 14 February 1957 – 29 June 1957 | |
| In office 12 July 1955 – 24 December 1956 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov 5 November [O.S. 23 October] 1905 Ashgabat, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 August 1995 (aged 89) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Soviet and Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1926–1962, 1976–1982) |
| Profession | Economist |
Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov (Russian: Дми́трий Трофи́мович Шепи́лов, Dmitrij Trofimovič Šepilov; 5 November [O.S. 23 October] 1905 – 18 August 1995) was a Soviet economist, lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He joined the abortive plot to oust Nikita Khrushchev from power in 1957, and was denounced and removed from power. Rehabilitated after Khrushchev's downfall, he lived a largely obscure retirement.