Alexei Kosygin | |
---|---|
Алексей Косыгин | |
![]() Kosygin in 1967 | |
8th Premier of the Soviet Union | |
In office 15 October 1964 – 23 October 1980 | |
President | Anastas Mikoyan Leonid Brezhnev |
Deputy | First Deputy Premiers - Dmitriy Ustinov Kirill Mazurov Dmitry Polyansky Nikolai Tikhonov |
Leader | Leonid Brezhnev |
Preceded by | Nikita Khrushchev |
Succeeded by | Nikolai Tikhonov |
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union | |
In office 4 May 1960 – 15 October 1964 | |
President | Kliment Voroshilov |
Premier | Nikita Khrushchev |
Preceded by | Frol Kozlov |
Succeeded by | Dmitriy Ustinov |
Chairman of the State Planning Committee | |
In office 20 March 1959 – 4 May 1960 | |
President | Kliment Voroshilov |
Premier | Nikita Khrushchev |
Preceded by | Joseph Kuzmin |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Novikov |
Prime Minister of the Russian SFSR | |
In office 23 June 1943 – 23 March 1946 | |
President | Mikhail Kalinin Nikolai Shvernik |
Premier | Joseph Stalin |
Preceded by | Ivan Khokhlov |
Full member of the 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, & 25th CPSU Politburo | |
In office 4 May 1960 – 21 October 1980 | |
Succeeded by | Mikhail Rodionov |
In office 4 September 1948 – 16 October 1952 | |
Candidate member of the 18th, 19th, & 20th CPSU PolitburoIn office | |
In office 29 June 1957 – 4 May 1960 | |
In office 16 October 1952 – 5 March 1953 | |
In office 18 March 1946 – 4 September 1948 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 February [O.S. 8 February] 1904 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 18 December 1980 (aged 76) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
Citizenship | Soviet |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1927–1980) |
Spouse(s) | Klavdia Andreyevna (died 1967) |
Residence | House on the Embankment |
Profession | Teacher, civil servant |
Awards | See List |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Red Army |
Years of service | 1919–1921 |
Rank | Conscript |
Commands | Red Army |
Battles/wars | Russian Civil War Second World War |
Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsɨɡʲɪn]; 21 February [O.S. 8 February] 1904 – 18 December 1980)[1] was a Russian political leader and the longest serving Premier of the Soviet Union. He was a friend of the previous Prime Minister, Nikita Khrushchev. He and Leonid Brezhnev led the country together until he died.