Andrey Vyshinsky Politician

Andrey Yanuarevich Vyshinsky (Russian: Андре́й Януа́рьевич Выши́нский, Andrej Yanuar'evič Vyšinskij; Polish: Andrzej Wyszyński) (10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1883 – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat.He is 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 Soviet Academy of Sciences.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Vyshinsky Andrei
Birth date	January 01, 1883
Birth name	Andrey Januarevich Vyshinsky
Birth place	Odessa , Russian Empire
Nationality	Soviet people
Date of death	November 22, 1954
Place of death	New York City , United States , New York
Profession	Lawyer , Civil service , Diplomat

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Office holder

office	Minister of Foreign Affairs Procurator General of the Russian SFSR Procurator General of the Soviet Union
party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
successor	Vyacheslav Molotov Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko Mikhail Pankratov