Vasily Kuznetsov (politician)

Vasily Kuznetsov
Василий Кузнецов
Kuznetsov in c. 1950
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Acting
10 March 1985 – 27 July 1985
Preceded byKonstantin Chernenko
Succeeded byAndrei Gromyko
Acting
9 February 1984 – 11 April 1984
Preceded byYuri Andropov
Succeeded byKonstantin Chernenko
Acting
10 November 1982 – 16 June 1983
Preceded byLeonid Brezhnev
Succeeded byYuri Andropov
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
In office
7 October 1977 – 18 June 1986
PresidentLeonid Brezhnev
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Andrei Gromyko
Preceded byPosition re-established
Succeeded byPyotr Demichev
Personal details
Born(1901-02-13)13 February 1901
Sofilovka, Varnavinsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
Died5 June 1990(1990-06-05) (aged 89)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1927–1986)
SpouseZoya Igumnova [ru] (m. 1926; died 1988)
ChildrenEra, Elena, Valery and Alexander
EducationCarnegie Mellon University (1918–1921)
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (1921–1926)
Central institution membership

Other political offices held

Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; 13 February [O.S. 31 January] 1901 – 5 June 1990) was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernenko). He was one of the oldest members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was formally the highest state post. During the term of office, Kuznetsov was 81–82, 82–83, and 84 years old, respectively. He is the oldest head of the Soviet and Russian state in history (he was older than all three predecessors in this post).

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