Vsevolod Merkulov

Vsevolod Merkulov
Всеволод Меркулов
Merkulov in 1940
Minister of State Control
In office 27 October 1950 – 22 May 1953
Premier	Joseph Stalin Georgy Malenkov
Preceded by	Lev Mekhlis
Succeeded by	Alexander Paveliev
Minister of State Security
In office 22 March 1945 – 7 May 1945
Premier	Joseph Stalin
Preceded by	Himself (as People's Commissar of State Security)
Succeeded by	Viktor Abakumov
First Deputy People's Commissar for Internal Affairs
In office September 1938 – March 1946
Preceded by	Mikhail Frinovsky
Succeeded by	position dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1895-11-27)27 November 1895 Zagatala, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	23 December 1953(1953-12-23) (aged 58) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg University
Military service
Rank	Army General

Vsevolod Nikolayevich (Boris) Merkulov (Russian: Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов; 27 November [O.S. 25 October] 1895 – 23 December 1953) was the head of NKGB from February to July 1941, and again from April 1943 to March 1946. He was a leading member of what was later derisively described as the "Beria gang".