List of Soviet foreign ministers

This is a list of foreign ministers of the Soviet Union.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Cabinet
Took office Left office Duration
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR
1
Georgy Chicherin
Georgy Chicherin
(1872–1936)
6 July 192321 July 19307 years, 15 daysLenin II
Rykov I–II–III–IV–V
2
Maxim Litvinov
Maxim Litvinov
(1876–1951)
21 July 19303 May 19398 years, 286 daysMolotov I–II–III–IV
3
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
(1890–1986)
3 May 193915 March 19466 years, 305 daysMolotov IV
Stalin I–II
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
(3)
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
(1890–1986)
19 March 19464 March 19492 years, 350 daysStalin II
4
Andrey Vyshinsky
Andrey Vyshinsky
(1883–1954)
4 March 19495 March 19534 years, 1 dayStalin II
(3)
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
(1890–1986)
5 March 19531 June 19563 years, 88 daysMalenkov I–II
Bulganin
5
Dmitri Shepilov
Dmitri Shepilov
(1905–1995)
1 June 195615 February 1957259 daysBulganin
Khrushchev I
6
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Gromyko
(1909–1989)
15 February 19572 July 198528 years, 137 daysKhrushchev III
Kosygin IIIIIIIVV
Tikhonov III
7
Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze
(1928–2014)
2 July 198515 January 19915 years, 197 daysTikhonov II
Ryzhkov I–II
8
Alexander Bessmertnykh
Alexander Bessmertnykh
(born 1933)
15 January 199128 August 1991225 daysPavlov
(acting)
Boris Pankin
Boris Pankin
(born 1931)
28 August 199118 November 199182 daysSilayev
Minister of External Relations of the USSR
(7)
Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze
(1928–2014)
19 November 199125 December 199136 daysSilayev

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