Valerian Zorin

Valerian Alexandrovich Zorin (Валериан Александрович Зорин in Russian) (January 1, 1902 - 1986) was a Soviet diplomat and statesman. Member of the CPSU since 1922.

In 1922-1932, Zorin held a managerial position in a Moscow City Committee and Central Committee of the Komsomol. In 1935, he graduated from the Communist Institute of Education (Высший коммунистический институт просвещения). In 1935-1941, Zorin worked on numerous party assignments and as a teacher. In 1941-1944, he was employed at the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. In 1945-1947, Zorin was a Soviet ambassador to Czechoslovakia. In 1947-1955, he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. At the same time, he was a permanent Soviet representative at the UN Security Council in 1952-1953. In 1955-1956, Zorin held a post of the Soviet ambassador to FRG. In 1956-1965, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. At the same time, he was a permanent Soviet representative at the UN and Soviet representative at the UN Security Council. In 1965, Zorin was sent to France as a Soviet ambassador. In 1971, he became an ambassador on special missions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR . During the 22nd and 23rd Congress of the CPSU, Zorin was a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU.

Zorin was awarded three Orders of Lenin, three other orders and numerous medals.