Background
Yakovlev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich was born on December 2, 1923.
Yakovlev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich was born on December 2, 1923.
Degree, Yaroslavl Pedagogical Institute, 1945.
Member, Communist Party Soviet Union, 1944-1991; member Yaroslavl district committee, Communist Party Soviet Union, 1946-1953; head department science and culture, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, 1953-1956; instructor department propoganda and agitation, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, 1962-1964; head radio and television broadcasting propoganda department, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, 1964-1965; 1st deputy head, acting head propoganda department, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, Moscow, 1965-1973; member central auditing committee, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, Moscow, 1971-1976; ambassador to Canada, 1973-1983; director, Institute for World Economy and International Rels., 1983-1985; head propoganda department, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, Moscow, 1985-1986; secretary responsible for propoganda, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, Moscow, 1986-1987; member central committee, Communist Party Soviet Union, 1986-1991; candidate member, then member Politburo, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, Moscow, 1987-1989; head international policy committee, Control Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, Moscow, 1988-1991; member, Presidential Council, 1990; chairman, Presidential Commision on Rehabilitation Political Prisoners, Moscow, since 1992; chairman, Russian Public television Ltd., since 1995. President Democracy Foundation, since 1993.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1944; of Yaroslavl District Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1946-1948. Political Bureau 1987, now full member. Head of Radio and television Broadcasting Propaganda Department, of Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1964-1965.
Of editorial staff of journal Kommunist.
Of Central Auditing Commission, of Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union 76. Of Council of Nationalities, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet, member of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Parliament.
Group Committee since 1984. Presidential Council since 1990.
Academy, of Sciences (Economics Department) since 1984.
Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1986. Political Bureau June since 1987.