- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAndrey Andreyevich Gromyko
- Nickname
- Grim Grom
- Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (8 July 1909 - 2 July 1989) was a Soviet Belarusian communist 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 ("Mr No") or "Grim Grom", because of his frequent use of the Soviet veto in the United Nations Security Council.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseLydia Dmitrievna Grinevich(1931 - July 2, 1989) (his death, 2 children)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (15 February 1957-2 July 1985).
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (27 July 1985-1 October 1988).
- On 18 July 2009, the Republic Belarus ruled by Alexander Lukashenko marked the 100th anniversary of Gromyko's birth with nationwide celebrations. In the city of his birth many people laid flowers in front of his bust. A ceremony was held attended by his son and daughter, Anatoly and Emiliya. Several exhibitions were opened and dedicated to his honour and a school and a street in Gomel were renamed in honour of him.
- Gromyko became a member of the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks in 1931, something he had dreamed of since he learned about the "difference between a poor farmer and a landowner, a worker and a capitalist".
- During his 28 years as Minister of Foreign Affairs Gromyko supported the policy of disarmament, stating in his Memoirs that "Disarmament is the ideal of Socialism".
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