What is Andrei Gromyko?
{{Infobox officeholder | birthname = Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko | image = Andrei Gromyko 1972.jpg | caption = Gromyko in 1972 | office = [[:en:List of heads of state of the Soviet Union|President of the Soviet Union]] | term_start = 27 July 1985 | term_end = 30 September 1988 | deputy = [[Vasili Kuznetsov (politician)|Vasili Kuznetsov]]<br>[[Pyotr Demichev]] | predecessor = [[Konstantin Chernenko]]<br><small>[[Vasili Kuznetsov (politician)|Vasily Kuznetsov]] (acting)</small> | successor = [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] | office2 = [[First Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Union|First Deputy Chairman]] of the [[Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)|Council of Ministers]] | term_start2 = 24 March 1983 | term_end2 = 2 July 1985 | premier2 = [[Nikolai Tikhonov]] | predecessor2 = [[Heydar Aliyev]] | successor2 = [[Nikolai Talyzin]] | office3 = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | term_start3 = 14 February 1957 | term_end3 = 2 July 1985 | predecessor3 = [[Dmitri Shepilov]] | successor3 = [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] | premier3 = [[Nikolai Bulganin]]<br>[[Nikita Khrushchev]]<br>[[Alexei Kosygin]]<br>[[Nikolai Tikhonov]] | birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|18 July|1909|5 July}} | birth_place = [[Gomel|Staryya Hramyki]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|7|2|1909|7|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | party = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] | allegiance = | branch = | serviceyears = | rank = | commands = | battles = | awards = }} '''Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko''' was a [[Soviet people|Soviet]] statesman during the [[Cold War]]. He was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet [[foreign policy]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Whitney |first=Craig |title= Andrei A. Gromyko: Flinty Face of Postwar Soviet Diplomacy |url= https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0718.html |work= New York Times |access-date= 20 September 2016 |date= 4 July 1989}}</ref> ==Decorations and awards== * Twice [[Hero of Socialist Labour]] * 7 [[Order of Leni