Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union) - Commissars and Ministers

Commissars and Ministers

The following persons headed the Commissariat/Ministry as commissars (narkoms), ministers, and deputy ministers during the Soviet era:

Name Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs
Chicherin, GeorgyGeorgy Chicherin 01923-07-066 July 1923 01930-07-2121 July 1930 70007000000000000007 years, 700115000000000000015 days Lenin II–Rykov I
Litvinov, MaksimMaksim Litvinov 01930-07-2121 July 1930 01939-05-033 May 1939 70008000000000000008 years, 7002286000000000000286 days Molotov I
Molotov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Molotov 01939-05-033 May 1939 01946-03-1515 March 1946 70006000000000000006 years, 7002305000000000000305 days Molotov I–Stalin I
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Molotov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Molotov 01946-03-1919 March 1946 01949-03-044 March 1949 70002000000000000002 years, 7002350000000000000350 days Stalin II
Vyshinsky, AndreyAndrey Vyshinsky 01949-03-044 March 1949 01953-03-055 March 1953 70004000000000000004 years, 70001000000000000001 day Stalin II–Malenkov I
Molotov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Molotov 01953-03-055 March 1953 01956-06-011 June 1956 70003000000000000003 years, 700188000000000000088 days Malenkov I–Bulganin I
Shepilov, DmitriDmitri Shepilov 01956-06-011 June 1956 01957-02-1515 February 1957 50000000000000000000 years, 7002259000000000000259 days Bulganin I
Gromyko, AndreiAndrei Gromyko 01957-02-1515 February 1957 01985-07-022 July 1985 700128000000000000028 years, 7002137000000000000137 days Bulganin I–Tikhonov II
Shevardnadze, EduardEduard Shevardnadze 01985-07-022 July 1985 01991-01-1515 January 1991 70005000000000000005 years, 7002197000000000000197 days Tikhonov II–Pavlov I
Bessmertnykh, AlexanderAlexander Bessmertnykh 01991-01-1515 January 1991 01991-08-2323 August 1991 50000000000000000000 years, 7002220000000000000220 days Pavlov I
Pankin, BorisBoris Pankin 01991-08-2828 August 1991 01991-11-1414 November 1991 50000000000000000000 years, 700178000000000000078 days Silayev I
Minister of External Relations
Shevardnadze, EduardEduard Shevardnadze 01991-11-1919 November 1991 01991-12-2525 December 1991 50000000000000000000 years, 700136000000000000036 days Silayev I

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