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Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin Edit Profile

journalist diplomatist

Leonid ZAMYATIN, diplomatist and journalist.

Background

Zamyatin, Leonid Mitrofanovich was born on March 9, 1922 in Nizhni Devitsk, Voronezh, Russia.

Education

Moscow Aviation Institute & Higher Diplomatic School.

Career

Staff Ministry Foreign Affairs, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1946—1950. First secretary Secretary Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1950—1952.

Assistant head third European department Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1952—1953, deputy head American countries department, 1960—1962, head press department, 1962—1970. First secretary Counsellor Political Questions, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Mission to United Nations, 1953—1957. Soviet deputy representative preparatory committee, board governors International Atomic Energy Agency, 1957—1959, Soviet representative, 1959—1960.

Member Collegium Ministry, 1962—1970. Director-general TASS News Agency, 1970—1978, government minister, since 1972. Member Committee Foreign Relations, Soviet Nationalities, since 1974.

Chief department information Central Committee, Communist Party, 1978—1986. Soviet ambassador England, 1986—1991. Deputy Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet, since 1970. Chief, Department, of Institute Information, Central Committee CPSU 85, Ambassador to United Kingdom since 1986.

Membership

CPSU since 1944, member Central Committee since 1981. Of Collegium of Ministry 1962-1970. Commission, for Foreign Relations, Soviet of Nationalities since 1974.

Connections

Married; 1 child.