The Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1976 until 1981. It elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the 25th Politburo, the 25th Secretariat and the 25th Party Control Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
The Central Committee was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions. 12 CC plenary sessions were held between the 25th Congress and the 26th Congress. When the CC was not in session, decision-making power was vested in the internal bodies of the CC itself; that is, the Politburo and the Secretariat. None of these bodies were permanent either; typically they convened several times a month. [1]
Plenum | Date | Length |
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1st Plenary Session | 3 March 1976 | 1 day |
2nd Plenary Session | 25–26 October 1976 | 2 days |
3rd Plenary Session | 24 May 1977 | 1 day |
4th Plenary Session | 3 October 1977 | 1 day |
5th Plenary Session | 13 December 1977 | 1 day |
6th Plenary Session | 3–4 July 1978 | 2 days |
7th Plenary Session | 27 November 1978 | 1 day |
8th Plenary Session | 17 April 1979 | 1 day |
9th Plenary Session | 27 November 1979 | 1 day |
10th Plenary Session | 23 June 1980 | 1 day |
11th Plenary Session | 21 October 1980 | 1 day |
12th Plenary Session | 20 February 1981 | 1 day |
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