Anatoly Ivanovich Blatov (born Ivanov, ; 11 July 1914 – 1 October 1988) was a Soviet diplomat and Communist Party official. Between 1972 and 1982 he was assistant to Leonid Brezhnev.
Blatov graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk National University of Rail Transport (1940) and Communist Party Supreme School (1945). He held the following positions:
1945–1947 – official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1947–1948 – professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations 1948–1949 – official of the Soviet Information Bureau 1949–1954 – various positions at the Soviet Union to Germany 1955–1968 – official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1968–1972 – official at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1972–1982 – assistant to Leonid Brezhnev 1982–1985 – official at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985–1988 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands
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References БЛАТОВ (Иванов) Анатолий Иванович. proza.ru. 23 March 2009 Блатов Анатолий Иванович (11.07.1914–01.10 1988). az-libr.ru