20th Presidium
Duration27 February 1956 – 31 October 1961

The Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was in session from 1956 to 1961.

Composition

Members

Members of the Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
[1]
Name Cyrillic 19th PRE 22nd PRE Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender
Averky Aristov Аверкий Аристов New Not 1903 1973 1921 Belarusian Male
Nikolai Belyaev Никола́й Беля́ев New Relieved 1903 1966 1925 Russian Male
Leonid Brezhnev Леонид Брежнев Promoted Reelected 1906 1982 1931 Russian Male
Nikolai Bulganin Николай Булганин Old Relieved 1895 1975 1917 Russian Male
Yekaterina Furtseva Екатерина Фурцева Promoted Not 1910 1974 1930 Russian Female
Nikolai Ignatov Никола́й Игна́тов New Not 1901 1966 1924 Russian Male
Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович Old Relieved 1893 1991 1911 Ukrainian Jew Male
Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв Old Reelected 1894 1971 1918 Russian Male
Aleksey Kirichenko Алексе́й Кириче́нко Old Relieved 1908 1975 1930 Ukrainian Male
Alexei Kosygin Алексей Косыгин Promoted Reelected 1904 1980 1927 Russian Male
Frol Kozlov Фрол Козлов Promoted Reelected 1908 1965 1926 Russian Male
Otto Kuusinen Отто Куусинен Old Reelected 1881 1964 1918 Finn Male
Georgy Malenkov Георги Маленков Old Relieved 1902 1988 1920 Russian Male
Anastas Mikoyan Василий Мжаванадзе Old Reelected 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male
Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов Old Relieved 1890 1986 1906 Russian Male
Nuritdin Mukhitdinov Нуритди́н Мухитди́нов Old Not 1917 2008 1942 Uzbek Male
Mikhail Pervukhin Михаил Первухин Old Demoted 1904 1978 1919 Russian Male
Nikolai Podgorny Никола́й Подго́рный Promoted Reelected 1903 1983 1930 Ukrainian Male
Dmitry Polyansky Дми́трий Поля́нский Promoted Reelected 1917 2001 1939 Ukrainian Male
Maksim Saburov Макси́м Сабу́ров Old Relieved 1900 1977 1920 Russian Male
Nikolai Shvernik Никола́й Шве́рник Promoted Reelected 1888 1970 1905 Russian Male
Mikhail Suslov Михаил Суслов Old Reelected 1902 1982 1921 Russian Male
Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов Old Relieved 1881 1969 1903 Russian Male
Georgy Zhukov Георгий Жуков Promoted Relieved 1896 1974 1919 Russian Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
[1]
Name Cyrillic 19th PRE 22nd PRE Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender
Leonid Brezhnev Леонид Брежнев New Promoted 1906 1982 1931 Russian Male
Yekaterina Furtseva Екатерина Фурцева New Promoted 1910 1974 1930 Russian Female
Viktor Grishin Ви́ктор Гри́шин By-election Candidate 1914 1992 1939 Russian Male
Jānis Kalnbērziņš Ян Калнбе́рзинь By-election Not 1893 1986 1917 Latvian Male
Andrei Kirilenko Андре́й Кириле́нко By-election Not 1906 1990 1930 Ukrainian Male
Demyan Korotchenko Демьян Коротченко By-election Not 1894 1969 1918 Ukrainian Male
Alexei Kosygin Алексей Косыгин New Promoted 1904 1980 1927 Russian Male
Frol Kozlov Фрол Козлов By-election Promoted 1908 1965 1926 Russian Male
Kirill Mazurov Кири́лл Ма́зуров By-election Candidate 1914 1989 1940 Belarusian Male
Nuritdin Mukhitdinov Нуритди́н Мухитди́нов New Promoted 1917 2008 1942 Uzbek Male
Vasil Mzhavanadze Василий Мжаванадзе By-election Candidate 1902 1988 1927 Georgian Male
Mikhail Pervukhin Михаил Первухин Demoted Not 1904 1978 1919 Russian Male
Nikolai Podgorny Никола́й Подго́рный By-election Promoted 1903 1983 1930 Ukrainian Male
Dmitry Polyansky Дми́трий Поля́нский By-election Promoted 1917 2001 1939 Ukrainian Male
Pyotr Pospelov Пётр Поспелов By-election Not 1898 1979 1916 Russian Male
Dmitri Shepilov Дми́трий Шепи́лов New Not 1905 1995 1926 Russian Male
Nikolai Shvernik Никола́й Шве́рник Candidate Promoted 1888 1970 1905 Russian Male
Gennady Voronov Геннадий Воронов By-election Member 1910 1994 1931 Russian Male
Georgy Zhukov Георгий Жуков New Promoted 1896 1974 1919 Russian Male

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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