Konstantin Katushev

Konstantin Katushev
Константин Катушев
Katushev in the 1980s
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
April 10, 1968 – May 24, 1977
Preceded byYuri Andropov
Succeeded byKonstantin Rusakov
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office
March 16, 1977 – July 29, 1982
Prime MinisterAlexey Kosygin
Nikolay Tikhonov
1st Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Soviet Union
In office
January 15, 1988 – December 1, 1991
Prime MinisterNikolay Ryzhkov
Valentin Pavlov
Preceded byOffice established
Boris Aristov as Minister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union
Succeeded byOffice abolished
4th Chairman of the State Committee of the Soviet Union for Foreign Economic Relations
In office
November 22, 1985 – January 15, 1988
Prime MinisterNikolay Ryzhkov
Preceded byMikhail Sergeichik
Succeeded byOffice abolished
12th First Secretary of the Gorky Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
December 27, 1965 – April 18, 1968
Preceded byMikhail Efremov
Succeeded byNikolay Maslennikov
Personal details
BornOctober 1, 1927
Bolshoye Boldino, Nizhny Novgorod Province (now Bolsheboldinsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region)
DiedApril 5, 2010 (aged 82)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Resting placeTroekurovskoe Cemetery
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1952–1991)
SpouseValentina Katusheva (1927)
ChildrenDaughter Elena (1951)
Parents
  • Fyodor Katushev (1905–1979) (father)
  • Valentina Katusheva (1905–1972) (mother)
EducationGorky Polytechnic Institute (1951)
ProfessionMechanical engineer
AwardsOrder of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution

Konstantin Fedorovich Katushev (1 October 1927 – 5 April 2010) was a Soviet party official and statesman, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1968–77), Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1977–82), Chairman of the State Committee of the Soviet Union for Foreign Economic Relations (1985–88), Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Soviet Union (1988–91).

Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1952. Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1966–1990). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1966–84 and 1986–89).