Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov
Soviet politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1890–1986)
- Born: 1890-03-09 (Sovetsk)
- Died: 1986-11-08 (Moscow)
- Country of citizenship: Russian Empire; Soviet Union
- Occupation: diplomat; politician; statesperson
- Member of political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Member of: Academy of Sciences of the USSR; Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Participant in: 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party; 11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party; 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party; 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party; 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party; 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party; 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party; 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party; 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party; 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party; 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party; 9th Congress of the Russian Communist Party; Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
- Position held: First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (period: 1942-08-16 through 1957-06-29; replaced by: Nikolai Bulganin; replaces: Nikolai Voznesensky); General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (period: 1921-03-16 through 1922-04-03; replaced by: Joseph Stalin; replaces: Nikolay Krestinsky); Ministry of Foreign Affairs of USSR (period: 1953-03-05 through 1956-06-01; replaced by: Dmitri Shepilov; replaces: Andrey Vyshinsky); Premier of the Soviet Union (period: 1930-12-19 through 1941-05-06; replaced by: Joseph Stalin; replaces: Alexei Rykov); ambassador; deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union; member of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR of the 1st convocation
- Educated at: Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute (period: 1911-01-01 through 1916-01-01)
- Spouse: Polina Zhemchuzhina
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/112059678
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000121480072
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85305122
- Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85305122