Word: gromyko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...health and whereabouts of Communist Party Leader Yuri Andropov, 68. Then, as if tales of an Andropov illness were not intriguing enough, the official Soviet news agency TASS set off a new round of speculation with a terse two-line communique announcing the promotion of Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, 73, to the post of First Deputy Premier...
...move that took the diplomatic community by surprise, Gromyko was given the additional responsibilities of a First Deputy Premier. The veteran diplomat, who after 26 years in the post has come to personify Soviet foreign policy abroad, had been mentioned as a possible contender for the office of Soviet President, which is still vacant following Brezhnev's death. Instead, he will now assume a post on the governing Council of Ministers as one of three top deputies to Premier Nikolai Tikhonov...
...time being, Gromyko intends to keep the job of Foreign Minister. Indeed, informed Soviets suggested that the move upstairs would actually make him a "superminister," with much broader control over foreign policy decisions. But the shift could also be the first step toward bringing in a younger man. One potential successor is Anatoli Dobrynin, 63, who has been Ambassador to Washington since...
...Gromyko is the second top-level deputy to Tikhonov who has been appointed under Andropov. At a meeting of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet last November, onetime Azerbaijan KGB Chief and Party Leader Geidar Aliyev, 59, was also moved into the government's ruling inner circle. Gromyko's elevation to the same rank as Aliyev may have been intended to check the ambitious Azerbaijani...
...unemployed and a new high in business bankruptcies, a number of wildcards had been introduced into the political game and upset many players who still recalled with dismay the disastrous political consequences of the 1929 economic depression. Third, the unprecedented appearance of three major foreign leaders--Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. French President Mitterand, and Vice President Bush--all parading through Bonn and taking public stands, inevitably produced shock waves echoing back and forth unpredictably in the electorate. Fourth, the message of the anti-nuclear, clean environment, small-is-better Greens seemed to resonate with the deep-rooted emotions of longing...