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Vladimir Semichastny

Vladimir Semichastny
Владимир Семичастный
Semichastny in 1961
3rd Chairman of the Committee for State Security (KGB)
In office
November 13, 1961 – May 18, 1967
PremierNikita Khrushchev
Alexei Kosygin
Preceded byAlexander Shelepin
Succeeded byYuri Andropov
Personal details
Born
Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny

(1924-01-15)15 January 1924
village Hryhorivka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died12 January 2001(2001-01-12) (aged 76)
Moscow, Russia
CitizenshipSoviet (until 1991) and Russian
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1941–1991)
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Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny (Russian: Влади́мир Ефи́мович Семича́стный; Ukrainian: Володимир Юхимович Семичастний; 15 January 1924 – 12 January 2001) was a Soviet politician, who served as Chairman of the KGB from November 1961 to May 1967. A protégé of Alexander Shelepin, he rose through the ranks of the Communist Youth League (Komsomol).[1]

  1. ^ McCauley, Martin (11 September 2002). Who's Who in Russia since 1900. ISBN 9781134772131.

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