Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician who served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from late 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously served as the chairman of the KGB from 1967 until 1982.
- Occupation
- politician, diplomat
- Position held
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Chairman of the KGB, ambassador of the Soviet Union to Hungary
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union
- Born
- June 2, 1914
- Died
