Lavrentiy Beria

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 8
Gender: Male
Born: March 29, 1899
Died: December 23, 1953
Place of birth: Merkheuli, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
Also known as: Lavrenti BeriaЛаврентий Берияლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერიაЛавренти Павлес дзе БериаLavrentiy Pavlovich Beria

Biography

Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (29 March [O.S. 17 March] 1899 – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security, and chief of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and promoted to deputy premier under Stalin from 1941. He later officially joined the Politburo in 1946.