The 18th Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 18th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 18th Congress, held in 1939.
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) |
22 April 1939 | 14 October 1952 | 13 years, 175 days | — |
Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971) |
22 April 1939 | 18 March 1946 | 6 years, 330 days | — |
Alexey Kuznetsov (1905–1950) |
18 March 1946 | 28 January 1949 | 9 years, 281 days | The official explanation for his removal was that he was being "reassigned". |
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948) |
22 April 1939 | 31 August 1947 | 9 years, 131 days | Died in office of natural causes. |
Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988) |
22 April 1939 | 6 May 1946 | 7 years, 14 days | Removed on Stalin's orders. |
1 July 1948 | 14 October 1952 | 4 years, 105 days | Reelected to the Secretariat at Stalin's proposal. | |
Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) |
16 December 1949 | 14 October 1952 | 13 years, 175 days | — |
Nikolay Patolichev (1908–1989) |
5 June 1946 | 24 May 1947 | 2 years, 87 days | — |
Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902–1984) |
1 July 1948 | 14 October 1952 | 4 years, 105 days | — |
Georgy Popov (1906–1968) |
18 March 1946 | 16 December 1949 | 10 years, 238 days | — |
Alexander Shcherbakov (1901–1945) |
5 May 1941 | 10 May 1945 | 6 years, 18 days | Elected to the Secretariat at the 6th Plenary Session, but died of natural causes during his tenure. |
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982) |
24 May 1947 | 14 October 1952 | 5 years, 112 days | — |