Dmitri Shepilov

Dmitri Shepilov
Дмитрий Шепилов
Shepilov in 1955
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 June 1956 – 15 February 1957
Premier	Nikolai Bulganin
Preceded by	Vyacheslav Molotov
Succeeded by	Andrei Gromyko
Editor-in-chief of Pravda
In office 1952–1956
Preceded by	Leonid Ilichev
Succeeded by	Pavel Satyukov
Head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee
In office 20 July 1949 – 27 October 1952
Preceded by	Post established (Mikhail Suslov as Propaganda and Agitation Department head)
Succeeded by	Mikhail Suslov
Candidate member of the 20th Presidium
In office 27 February 1956 – 29 June 1957
Member of the 19th, 20th Secretariat
In office 14 February 1957 – 29 June 1957
In office 12 July 1955 – 24 December 1956
Personal details
Born	Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov 5 November [O.S. 23 October] 1905 Ashgabat, Russian Empire
Died	18 August 1995(1995-08-18) (aged 89) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet and Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1926–1962, 1976–1982)
Profession	Economist

Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov (Russian: Дми́трий Трофи́мович Шепи́лов, Dmitrij Trofimovič Šepilov; 5 November [O.S. 23 October] 1905 – 18 August 1995) was a Soviet economist, lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He joined the abortive plot to oust Nikita Khrushchev from power in 1957, and was denounced and removed from power. Rehabilitated after Khrushchev's downfall, he lived a largely obscure retirement.