When did Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov become General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
Yuri Andropov
November 1982
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (/ænˈdroʊpɔːf,-pɒf/;[1] Russian:Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов, tr.Júrij Vladímirovič Andrópov,IPA:[ˈjʉrʲɪj vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐnˈdropəf]; 15June[O.S. 2 June]1914– 9 February 1984)[2] was a Soviet politician and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Following the 18-year rule of Leonid Brezhnev, Andropov served in the post from November 1982 until his death in February 1984.