Yakov Malik

Yakov Alexandrovich Malik (Russian Яков Александрович Малик, born 23 Novemberjul / 6 December 1906greg in Ostrowerchowka at Smijiw, Kharkov Governorate, .. † 11 February 1980 in Moscow) was a Soviet diplomat and politician.

Life

Malik grew up in a peasant family. In 1931, he joined the Department of Economics from Kharkov and then worked for the Komsomol. After the conclusion of the Institute for the diplomatic and consular service at the People 's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR in Moscow, he worked since 1937 in the diplomatic service. From 1937 to 1939 he was first counselor, then deputy head of the press department of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. From 1939 to 1942 he was Counsellor in Tokyo, then from 1942 to 1945 the Soviet ambassador to Japan. 1945/46, he was the Soviet advisors in the Allied Control Council for Japan. In 1946 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Soviet ( until 1953 ).

From 1948 to 1953 he represented the same time the Soviet Union at the United Nations and the UN Security Council. Between 1953 and 1960 he was Ambassador in the United Kingdom. From 1960 to 1980 he was again deputy foreign minister. In the period 1968-1976 he was again also again served as Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN and the Security Council, from time to time as president of the latter

Malik was one of the most important diplomats of his time and was involved in major diplomatic disputes, such as the Korean War and the Western Sahara conflict. The statement signed by him Jessup -Malik Agreement ended the Berlin blockade.

Malik was a member of the CPSU and 1952-1961 candidate of the Central Committee since 1938.

Malik was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. He was awarded the Order of Lenin three.