Andrey Vyshinsky

Andrey Vyshinsky
Андрей Вышинский
Vyshinsky in 1940
Procurator General of the Soviet Union
In office
3 March 1935 – 31 May 1939
PremierVyacheslav Molotov
Preceded byIvan Akulov
Succeeded byMikhail Pankratov
Procurator General of the Russian SFSR
In office
11 May 1931 – 25 May 1934
PremierVyacheslav Molotov
Preceded byNikolai Krylenko
Succeeded byVladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 March 1949 – 5 March 1953
PremierJoseph Stalin
Preceded byVyacheslav Molotov
Succeeded byVyacheslav Molotov
Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations
In office
5 March 1953 – 22 November 1954
PremierGeorgy Malenkov
Preceded byValerian Zorin
Succeeded byArkady Sobolev
Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
In office
31 May 1939 – 15 May 1944
PremierVyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin
Candidate member of the 19th Presidium
In office
16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953
Personal details
Born
Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky

(1883-12-10)10 December 1883
Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died22 November 1954(1954-11-22) (aged 70)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
NationalitySoviet
Political partyRSDLP (Mensheviks) (1903–1920)
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1920–1954)
ProfessionJurist, diplomat, civil servant
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Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (Russian: Андре́й Януа́рьевич Выши́нский; Polish: Andrzej Wyszyński) (10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1883 – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat.

He is best known as a state prosecutor of Joseph Stalin's Moscow Trials and in the Nuremberg trials. He was the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953, after having served as Deputy Foreign Minister under Vyacheslav Molotov since 1940. He also headed the Institute of State and Law in the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.