Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev

Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev (Russian: Андре́й Андре́евич Андре́ев; 30 October 1895 5 December 1971) was a Soviet Communist politician. An Old Bolshevik who rose to power during the rule of Joseph Stalin, joining the Politburo as a candidate member in 1926 and as a full member in 1932, Andreyev also headed the powerful Central Control Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1931, and then again from 1939 until 1952.

Andrey Andreyev
Андрей Андреев
Andreyev in the 1930s
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office
19 March 1946  5 March 1953
PremierJoseph Stalin
Chairman of the Party Control Commission of the Central Committee
In office
19 March 1939  5 October 1952
Preceded byNikolai Yezhov
Succeeded byMatvei Shkiryatov
In office
1930–1931
Preceded byGrigol Ordzhonikidze
Succeeded byJānis Rudzutaks
Senior Secretary of Cadres of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
3 April 1935  18 March 1946
Preceded byLazar Kaganovich
Succeeded byGeorgy Malenkov
Personal details
Born
Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev

(1895-10-30)30 October 1895
Kuznetsovo, Sychyovsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died5 December 1971(1971-12-05) (aged 76)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipSoviet
NationalityRussian
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1914–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1961)
Central institution membership
  • 1932–1952: Full member, 16th, 17th, 18th Politburo
  • 1926–1930: Candidate member, 14th, 15th, 16th Politburo
  • 1935–1946: Member, 17th, 18th Secretariat
  • 1924–1925: Member, 12th, 13th Secretariat
  • 1935–1946: Full member, 17th, 18th Orgburo
  • 1922–1928: Full member, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Orgburo
  • 1922–1961: Full member, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Central Committee

Other offices held
  • 1943–1946: Minister of Agriculture of the Soviet Union
  • 1938–1946: Chairman, Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet
  • 1931–1935: People's Commissar, Transport
  • 1930–1931:Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
  • 1930—1931: People's Commissar for Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate

In 1952, Andreyev was removed from the Politburo and placed in a largely ceremonial position as a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

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