Sergei A. Losev
Sergei Andreevich Losev (1927 – 3 October 1988) was a Soviet journalist and politician. From 1979 to 1988 he was general director of TASS, the Soviet Union’s official news agency.
Life[edit]
After graduation from the Moscow Institute of International Relations, Losev joined TASS in 1950. He was a correspondent and bureau chief in the United States and Israel. In 1973 he became assistant director of TASS,and in 1979 became the agency's director.[1]
Losev was a member of the Communist Party's Central Auditing Commission, a delegate to the 1981 and 1986 Communist Party congresses, and a delegate to the 1988 Communist Party conference. He had also been a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[1]
He died in Moscow on 3 October 1988.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Sergei Losev; General Director of Tass". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1988. Retrieved December 28, 2021.