Boris Pankin

Boris Pankin
Борис Панкин
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
Acting
In office
28 August  18 November 1991
PremierIvan Silayev
Preceded byAlexander Bessmertnykh
Succeeded byEduard Shevardnadze (as Minister of External Relations)
Personal details
Born (1931-02-20) 20 February 1931
Frunze, Kirghiz ASSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow State University
ProfessionJournalism

Boris Dmitriyevich Pankin (Russian: Борис Дмитриевич Панкин; born 20 February 1931) is a former Soviet diplomat who served as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR for a brief period in 1991.