Nikolai Patolichev

Nikolai Patolichev
Николай Патоличев
Patolichev in 1972
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office
26 August 1958 – 18 October 1985
PremierNikita Khrushchev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byIvan Kabanov (politician)
Succeeded byBoris Aristov
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office
31 May 1950 – 28 July 1956
Preceded byNikolai Gusarov
Succeeded byKirill Mazurov
Candidate member of the 19th Presidium
In office
16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953
Member of the 18th Secretariat
In office
6 May 1946 – 24 May 1947
Member of the 18th Orgburo
In office
18 March 1946 – 24 May 1947
Personal details
Born(1908-09-23)23 September 1908
Zolino, Gorokhovetsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1 December 1989(1989-12-01) (aged 81)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipSoviet
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1928–1985)
ProfessionCivil servant
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, (11)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Nikolai Semyonovich Patolichev (Russian: Никола́й Семёнович Пато́личев; 23 September 1908 – 1 December 1989) was a Soviet statesman who served as Minister of Foreign Trade of the USSR from 1958 to 1985. Prior to that, he was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Byelorussia from 1950 to 1956.