Alexander Shelepin Politician

Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Шеле́пин; 18 August 1918 – 24 October 1994) was a Soviet state security officer and party statesman. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its Politburo and was the head of the KGB from 25 December 1958 to 13 November 1961.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 18, 1918
Birth place
Voronezh , Russian Empire , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Nationality
Russians
Date of deathOctober 24, 1994
Place of death
Russia

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Office holder

office
Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
2nd Chairman of the Committee for State Security
Deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers
First Secretary of the Komsomol
party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
successor
Vladimir Semichastny
Alexey Shibaev
Zia Nureyev

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