26th Politburo
Duration3 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
[1]
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
[1]
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 Candidate 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. ^ a b "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.
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