Georgi Malenkov

Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov 6 December 1901 OS 23 November 1901 14 January 1988 was a Soviet politician who briefly succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union However at the insistence of the rest of the Presidium he relinquished control over the party apparatus in exchange for remaining Premier and first among equals within the Soviet collective leadership He then became embroiled in a power struggle with Nikita Khrushchev that culminated in his removal from the premiership in 1955 as well as the Presidium in 1957 Description above from the Wikipedia article Georgi Malenkov licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia