Anatoly Lavrentiev | |
|---|---|
Анатолий Лаврентьев | |
 Lavrentiev in 1953 | |
| People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 8 March 1944 – 13 March 1946 | |
| Premier | Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Georgy Chicherin |
| Succeeded by | None—post abolished |
| Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Bulgaria | |
| In office 1939–1940 | |
| Preceded by | Fyodor Raskolnikov |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Andreyevich Lavrishev |
| Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Romania | |
| In office 1940–1941 | |
| Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Yugoslavia | |
| In office 1946–1949 | |
| Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 1951–1952 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Silin |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Bogomolov |
| Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the People's Republic of Romania | |
| In office 1952–1953 | |
| Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Iran | |
| In office 1953–1956 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Sadchikov |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Pegov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1904 (1904) |
| Died | 1984 (aged 79–80) |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Profession | Diplomat,civil servant |
Anatoly Iosifovich Lavrentiev (Russian:Анатолий Иосифович Лаврентьев; 1904 – 1984) was aSoviet diplomat. He served as the head of thePeople's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR in theSoviet government from 8 March 1944 to 13 March 1946. He was a member of theCPSU (b).[1]
Lavrentiev graduated from theMoscow Power Engineering Institute in 1931 and became a teacher at the Institute.[2]
From 1938 to 1939, he worked as an employee of the apparatus of thePeople's Commissariat of Heavy Industry of the USSR. In 1939, he was the head of the Eastern European department of the USSRPeople's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs.
From 1939 to 1940, he was theambassador of the USSR in Bulgaria. From 1940 to 1941, he served asPlenipotentiary representative of the USSR in Romania and in 1941, he served as theExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the USSR in Romania.
From 1941 to 1943, he served as a responsible officer of theTASS.
In 1943, he served as the Head of the European Department of the USSR People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. From 1943 to 1944, he served as Head of the Middle East Department of the USSR People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs.
From 1944 to 1946, he served asPeople's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR. From 1946 to 1949, he served asExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the USSR in Yugoslavia.[3]
From 1949 to 1951, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
From 1951 to 1952, he served as Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAmbassador of the USSR in Czechoslovakia.[4] According to the CIA report, Lavrentiev was "one of the Kremlin's most ruthless and competent foreign affairs officials."[5] From 1952 to 1953, he served as Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAmbassador of the USSR in Romania.[6]
From 1953 to 1956, he served asExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the USSR in Iran. He metIran's prime minister,Mohammad Mosaddegh, in 1953 and brought forth the Soviet agenda in Iran. After the fall of Mosaddegh in the1953 Iranian coup d'état, he tried to commit suicide. He was briefly withdrawn but again reinstalled and returned to his post in Iran.[7][8][9][10] From 1956 to 1970, he served as an employee of the central apparatus of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]