Background
Kryuchkov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich was born on February 29, 1924 in Volgograd, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Kryuchkov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich was born on February 29, 1924 in Volgograd, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Graduate, National Corresponding Institute Law, 1949. Graduate Higher Diplomatic School, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Foreign Ministry, 1954.
Lawyer member Communist Party Soviet Union, since 1944; department expert Center Committee, 1959-1963; section head, 1963-1965; assistant secretary Center Committee, assistant chairman state security committee, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Council Ministers, 1965-1967; head, Secretariat of State Security Committee, 1967-1971; lst deputy head, acting head, head committee's board, Secretariat of State Security Committee, 1971-1978; deputy Chairman of Commission, head its board, Secretariat of State Security Committee, 1978-1988; chairman, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Security Committee, since 1988.
Party Central Committee since 1986. Political Bureau 1989-1990, member.