Andrei Gromyko

Soviet diplomat

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Lived 1909–1989, aged 80

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1909–1989
Aged 80

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Updated 2026-05-29

Soviet diplomat who spent nearly three decades as Foreign Minister, earning the nickname "Mr. Nyet" for his legendary UN Security Council vetoes during the Cold War. His poker-faced negotiations shaped superpower diplomacy from the 1950s through the 1980s.

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Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s, Western pundits called him Mr. Nyet, or Grim Grom, because of his frequent use of the Soviet veto in the United Nations Security Council.

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