The 6th Politburo, formally the Political Bureau of the 6th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st plenary session of the 6th Central Committee in 1928, in the aftermath of the 6th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This electoral term was preceded by the 5th Politburo and succeeded by the 7th in 1945.
Alternate membership was discontinued in the October 1936 reorganisation, and the Provisional Politburo had no alternates.
Officeholder | 5th PB | 1st PLE | 3rd PLE | 4th PLE | PROVIS | 5th PLE | OCT. 1936 | OCT. 1937 | 7th PB | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bo Gu | 博古 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Jiangsu | [2] |
Cai Hesen [a] | 蔡和森 | Old | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1895 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai | [3] |
Chen Changhao [b] | 陈昌浩 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1906 | 1927 | 1967 | Hubei | [4] |
Chen Yu | 陈郁 | New | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1901 | 1925 | 1974 | Shenzhen | [5] |
Chen Yun | 陈云 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Not | Member | Elected | 1905 | 1924 | 1995 | Shanghai | [6] |
Deng Fa | 邓发 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | 1906 | 1928 | 1946 | Guangdong | [7] |
Gu Zuolin [c] | 顾作霖 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1908 | 1925 | 1934 | Jiangsu | [8] |
Guan Xiangying | 关向应 | New | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1902 | 1924 | 1946 | Liaoning | [9] |
Kai Feng | 凯丰 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | 1906 | 1930 | 1955 | Jiangxi | [10] |
Kang Sheng | 康生 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Not | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1925 | 1975 | Shandong | [11] |
Li Lisan [d] | 李立三 | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1967 | Hunan | [12] |
Li Zhusheng | 李竹声 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1903 | 1925 | 1973 | Anhui | [13] |
Lin Yuying [e] | 林育英 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1897 | 1922 | 1942 | Hubei | [14] |
Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | New | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | Alternate | Member | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Henan | [15] |
Lu Futan [f] | 卢福坦 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1890 | 1926 | 1969 | Shandong | [16] |
Mao Zedong [g] | 毛泽东 | Alternate | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan | [17] |
Peng Dehuai [h] | 彭德怀 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1928 | 1974 | Hunan | [18] |
Qu Qiubai | 瞿秋白 | Old | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1935 | Fujian | [19] |
Ren Bishi | 任弼时 | New | Not | Not | Member | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1904 | 1922 | 1950 | Hunan | [20] |
Su Zhaozheng [i] | 苏兆征 | Old | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1885 | 1925 | 1929 | Guangdong | [21] |
Wang Jiaxiang | 王稼祥 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | Member | Not | 1906 | 1928 | 1974 | Anhui | [22] |
Wang Ming | 王明 | New | Not | Not | Member | Not | Member | Not | Member | Not | 1904 | 1924 | 1974 | Anhui | [23] |
Wang Yuncheng [j] | 王云程 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1905 | 1925 | 1969 | Hubei | [24] |
Xiang Ying [k] | 项英 | New | Member | Member | Member | Not | Member | Member | Member | Not | 1895 | 1922 | 1941 | Anhui | [25] |
Xiang Zhongfa [l] | 向忠发 | Old | Member | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1879 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai | [26] |
Xu Xigen | 徐锡根 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1903 | ? | ? | Jiangsu | [27] |
Zhang Guotao [m] | 张国焘 | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Not | Member | Member | Member | Not | 1897 | 1921 | 1979 | Sichuan | [28] |
Zhang Wentian | 张闻天 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1907 | 1925 | 1946 | Shanghai | [29] |
Zhou Chunquan [n] | 周纯全 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1905 | 1926 | 1985 | Hubei | [30] |
Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Old | Member | Member | Member | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1921 | 1976 | Jiangsu | [31] |
Zhu De | 朱德 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1886 | 1925 | 1976 | Sichuan | [32] |
Officeholder | 5th PB | 1st PLE | 3rd PLE | 4th PLE | 5th PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deng Fa | 邓发 | New | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | 1906 | 1928 | 1946 | Guangdong | [7] |
Gu Shunzhang [o] | 顾顺章 | Member | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Not | 1903 | 1925 | 1934 | Jiangsu | [33] |
Guan Xiangying | 关向应 | New | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | 1902 | 1924 | 1946 | Liaoning | [9] |
Kai Feng | 凯丰 | New | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | 1906 | 1930 | 1955 | Jiangxi | [10] |
Li Lisan [p] | 李立三 | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1967 | Hunan | [12] |
Li Weihan | 李维汉 | Member | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | 1896 | 1921 | 1984 | Hunan | [34] |
Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | New | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Henan | [15] |
Lu Futan [q] | 卢福坦 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Member | 1890 | 1926 | 1969 | Shandong | [16] |
Luo Dengxian | 罗登贤 | Member | Alternate | Not | Not | Not | 1905 | 1925 | 1933 | Guangdong | [35] |
Mao Zedong [r] | 毛泽东 | Alternate | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan | [17] |
Peng Pai [s] | 杨殷 | Member | Alternate | Not | Not | Not | 1896 | 1921 | 1929 | Guangdong | [36] |
Wang Jiaxiang | 王稼祥 | New | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | 1906 | 1928 | 1974 | Anhui | [22] |
Wang Kequan [t] | 王克全 | New | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | 1906 | 1924 | 1939 | Anhui | [37] |
Wen Yucheng [u] | 温裕成 | New | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Not | ? | ? | 1933 | Jiangsu | [38] |
Xu Xigen | 徐锡根 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | 1903 | ? | ? | Jiangsu | [27] |
Yang Yin [v] | 杨殷 | New | Alternate | Not | Not | Not | 1892 | 1922 | 1929 | Guangdong | [39] |
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