Politburo of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

26th Politburo

25th Politburo  ← →  27th Politburo
Duration	3 March 1981 – 6 March 1986

The Politburo of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1981 to 1986.

Composition

Members

Members of the Political Bureau of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Name	Cyrillic	25th POL	27th POL	Birth	Death	PM	Ethnicity
Heydar Aliyev	Гейда́р Али́ев	Promoted	Reelected	1923	2003	1945	Azerbaijani
Yuri Andropov	Юрий Андропов	Old	Died	1914	1984	1939	Russian
Leonid Brezhnev	Леонид Брежнев	Old	Died	1906	1982	1931	Russian
Viktor Chebrikov	Виктор Че́бриков	Promoted	Reelected	1923	1999	1950	Ukrainian
Konstantin Chernenko	Константин Черненко	Old	Died	1911	1985	1931	Ukrainian
Mikhail Gorbachev	Михаил Горбачёв	Old	Reelected	1931	2022	1952	Russian
Viktor Grishin	Ви́ктор Гри́шин	Old	Relieved	1914	1992	1939	Russian
Andrei Gromyko	Андрей Громыко	Old	Reelected	1909	1989	1931	Belarusian
Andrei Kirilenko	Андре́й Кириле́нко	Old	Relieved	1906	1990	1930	Ukrainian
Dinmukhamed Kunaev	Дінмұхаммед Қонаев	Old	Reelected	1912	1993	1939	Kazakh
Yegor Ligachyov	Егор Лигачёв	By-election	Reelected	1920	2021	1944	Russian
Arvīds Pelše	А́рвид Пе́льше	Old	Died	1899	1983	1915	Latvian
Grigory Romanov	Григорий Романов	Old	Relieved	1923	2008	1944	Russian
Nikolai Ryzhkov	Николай Рыжков	By-election	Reelected	1929	2024	1956	Russian
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky	Влади́мир Щерби́цкий	Old	Reelected	1918	1990	1948	Ukrainian
Eduard Shevardnadze	Эдуард Шеварднадзе	Promoted	Reelected	1928	2014	1936	Georgian
Mikhail Solomentsev	Михаи́л Соло́менцев	Promoted	Reelected	1913	2008	1940	Russian
Mikhail Suslov	Михаил Суслов	Old	Died	1902	1982	1921	Russian
Nikolai Tikhonov	Николай Тихонов	Old	Relieved	1905	1997	1940	Russian
Dmitriy Ustinov	Дми́трий Усти́нов	Old	Died	1908	1984	1927	Russian
Vitaly Vorotnikov	Вита́лий Воротнико́в	Promoted	Reelected	1926	2012	1950	Russian

Candidates

Members of the Political Bureau of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Name	Cyrillic	25th POL	27th POL	Birth	Death	PM	Ethnicity
Heydar Aliyev	Гейда́р Али́ев	Candidate	Promoted	1923	2003	1945	Azerbaijani
Viktor Chebrikov	Виктор Че́бриков	By-election	Promoted	1923	1999	1950	Ukrainian
Pyotr Demichev	Пётр Де́мичев	Candidate	Candidate	1917	2010	1939	Russian
Vladimir Dolgikh	Владимир Долгих	By-election	Candidate	1924	2020	1942	Russian
Tikhon Kiselyov	Ти́хон Киселёв	Candidate	Died	1917	1983	1940	Belarusian
Vasily Kuznetsov	Василий Кузнецов	Candidate	Not	1901	1990	1927	Russian
Boris Ponomarev	Борис Пономарёв	Candidate	Not	1905	1995	1919	Russian
Sharof Rashidov	Шараф Рашидов	Candidate	Died	1917	1983	1939	Uzbek
Eduard Shevardnadze	Эдуард Шеварднадзе	Candidate	Promoted	1928	2014	1936	Georgian
Sergey Sokolov	Серге́й Соколо́в	By-election	Candidate	1911	2012	1937	Russian
Mikhail Solomentsev	Михаи́л Соло́менцев	Candidate	Promoted	1913	2008	1940	Russian
Nikolai Talyzin	Никола́й Талы́зин	By-election	Candidate	1929	1991	1960	Russian
Vitaly Vorotnikov	Вита́лий Воротнико́в	By-election	Promoted	1926	2012	1950	Russian
Boris Yeltsin	Борис Ельцин	By-election	Candidate	1931	2007	1961	Russian

References

1. "Узкий состав ЦК РСДРП(б) - Политическое бюро ЦК РСДРП(б) - Бюро ЦК РСДРП(б) - РКП(б) - Политическое бюро ЦК РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - Президиум - Политическое бюро ЦК КПСС" [Narrow composition of the Central Committee of the RSDLP(b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - RCP (b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) - CPSU (b) - Presidium - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU]. Knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.