Andrey Gromyko, Permanent Representative of the USSR. Andrey Gromyko in his diplomatic uniform (late 1940s). Andrey Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, and Nikolay Fedorenko, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN (second left), at the 20^th session of the UN General Assembly. (September 21, 1965) Andrey Gromyko, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, and Arkadiy Sobolev, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN, before a Disarmament Commission meeting in the UN Headquarters (3 July 1956). Andrey Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, and Nikolay Fedorenko, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN (right), at the press-conference of Aleksey Kosygin, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers in the UN Headquarters. (25 June 1967)

Andrey Gromyko (1909-1989) in diplomatic service since 1938 1939 - Head of the Section of American States in the USSR People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs end of 1939 - Counsellor at the Plenipotentiary Mission (Embassy since 1941) of the USSR in the USA 1943-1946 - Ambassador of the USSR to the United States sharing the office of Envoy of the USSR to the Republic of Cuba 1946-1948 - Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN sharing the office of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR 1948-1949 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR 1949-1952 - First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR starting June 1952 - Ambassador of the USSR to Great Britain 1953-1957 - First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR 1957-1985 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR starting March 1983 sharing the office of Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers 1985-1988 - Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR