List of members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the 1960s
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The following is a list of members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the 1960s.
List of members
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office (Voting) |
Term of office (non-Voting) |
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| Andropov, Yuri Yuri Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 12 November 1982 until his death fifteen months later.-Early life:... (15 June 1914–9 February 1984) |
— | — | — | 21 June 1967 |
27 April 1973 |
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| Aristov, Averky Averky Aristov Averky Borisovich Aristov — 11 July 1973) was a Soviet politician and diplomat.He was the son of a fisherman, working for a fishery during 1912 - 1919. In 1919 he joined the Komsomol and 1921 he became a member of the Bolshevik Party... (22 October 1903–11 July 1973) |
29 June 1957 |
31 October 1961 |
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| Belyaev, Nikolai (19 January 1903–28 October 1966) |
29 June 1957 |
4 May 1960 |
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| Brezhnev, Leonid Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in... (9 December 1906–10 November 1982) |
29 June 1957 |
10 November 1982 |
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| Demichev, Peotr (21 December 1917–10 August 2010) |
— | — | — | 16 November 1964 |
30 September 1988 |
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| Furtseva, Yekaterina (7 December 1910–24 October 1974) |
29 June 1957 |
31 October 1961 |
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| Grishin, Viktor Viktor Grishin Viktor Vasilyevich Grishin was a Soviet politician. He was a Candidate and Full Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.Grishin was born in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast. He served in the Red Army from 1938 until 1940... (5 September 1914–25 May 1992) |
— | — | — | 18 January 1961 |
9 April 1971 |
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| Ignatov, Nikolai (3 May 1901–14 November 1966) |
29 June 1957 |
31 October 1961 |
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| Khrushchev, Nikita Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964... (15 April 1894–11 September 1971) |
22 March 1939 |
14 October 1964 |
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| Kirichenko, Alexey (12 February 1908–28 December 1978) |
12 July 1955 |
4 May 1960 |
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| Kirilenko, Andrei Andrei Kirilenko (politician) Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko was a Soviet statesman from the start to the end of the Cold War. In 1906, Kirilenko was born in Alexeyevka, Belgorod Oblast, Russian Empire, to a Russian working class family. He graduated in the 1920s from a local vocational school, and again in the mid-to-late 1930s... (8 November 1906–12 May 1990) |
23 April 1962 |
22 November 1982 |
25 June 1957 |
23 April 1962 |
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| Kosygin, Alexei (20 February 1904–18 December 1980) |
4 May 1960 |
21 October 1980 |
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| Kozlov, Frol Frol Kozlov Frol Romanovich Kozlov was a Soviet politician, Hero of Socialist Labor .He was elected a candidate member of the Presidium on 14 February 1957 and served as a full member from 29 June 1957 until he was relieved of his duties on 16 November 1964, following the ousting of his... (29 June 1957–16 November 1964) |
29 June 1957 |
16 November 1964 |
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| Kuusinen, Otto (22 September 1881–17 May 1964) |
29 June 1957 |
17 May 1964 |
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| Kunayev, Dinmukhamed (12 January 1912–22 August 1993) |
— | — | — | 8 April 1966 |
9 April 1971 |
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| Mikoyan, Anastas Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the rules of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Leonid Brezhnev.... (13 November 1895–21 October 1978) |
1 February 1935 |
8 April 1966 |
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| Mukhitdinov, Nuritdinov (6 November 1917–27 August 2008) |
17 December 1957 |
31 October 1961 |
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| Masherov, Pyotr Pyotr Masherov Pyotr Mironovich Masherov , - October 4, 1980) was the first secretary of Belarusian committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union and a communist leader of Soviet Belarus.- Overview :... (26 February 1918–4 October 1980) |
— | — | — | 8 April 1966 |
4 October 1980 |
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| Mazurov, Kiril (25 March 1914–19 December 1989) |
26 March 1965 |
27 November 1978 |
29 June 1957 |
26 March 1965 |
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| Mzhavanadze, Vasil Vasil Mzhavanadze Vasil Pavlovich Mzhavanadze was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR from September 1953 to September 28, 1972 and a member of the CPSU's Politburo from June 29, 1957 to December 18, 1972... (20 September 1902–5 September 1988) |
— | — | — | 29 June 1957 |
18 December 1972 |
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| Pelše, Arvīds Arvids Pelše Arvīds Pelše ; , Iecava, Bauska District, Latvia – May 29, 1983, Moscow) was a politician and functionary in the Soviet Union, an historian in his profession- Career :... (7 February 7 1899–29 May 1983) |
— | — | — | 8 April 1966 |
29 May 1983 |
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| Podgorny, Nikolai Nikolai Podgorny Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny was a Soviet Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, or leader of the Ukrainian SSR, from 1957 to 1963 and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1965 to 1977... (18 February 1903–12 January 1983) |
4 May 1960 |
24 May 1977 |
18 June 1958 |
4 May 1960 |
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| Polyansky, Dmitry (25 October 1917–8 October 2001) |
4 May 1960 |
5 March 1976 |
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| Rashidov, Sharof (6 November 1917–31 October 1983) |
— | — | — | 31 October 1961 |
31 October 1983 |
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| Shcherbytsky, Volodymyr Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Volodymyr Vasylyovych Shcherbytsky was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician. He was a leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.... (17 February 1918–17 February 1990) |
— | — | — | 6 December 1965 |
9 April 1971 |
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| Shelepin, Alexander Alexander Shelepin Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin was a Soviet state security officer and party statesman. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its Politburo and was the head of the KGB from 25 December 1958 to 13 November 1961.Shelepin was born in Voronezh... (18 August 1918–24 October 1994) |
16 November 1964 |
16 April 1975 |
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| Shelest, Petro Petro Shelest Petro Yukhymovych Shelest was the First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Petro Yukhymovych Shelest (February 14, 1908 - January 22, 1996) was the First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Petro Yukhymovych Shelest... (14 February 1908–22 January 1996) |
16 November 1964 |
27 April 1973 |
13 December 1963 |
16 November 1964 |
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| Suslov, Mikhail Mikhail Suslov Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965, and as unofficial Chief Ideologue of the Party until his death in 1982. Suslov was responsible for party democracy and the separation of power... (21 November 1902–25 January 1982) |
12 July 1955 |
25 January 1982 |
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| Shvernik, Nikolay Nikolay Shvernik Nikolay Mikhailovich Shvernik was a Russian politician, who was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from March 19, 1946 until March 15, 1953... (19 May 1888–24 December 1970) |
29 June 1957 |
8 April 1966 |
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| Voroshilov, Kliment Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman... (23 January 1881–2 December 1969) |
1 January 1926 |
16 July 1960 |
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| Ustinov, Dmitriy Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.-Early life:Dimitry Feodorovich Ustinov was born in a working-class family in Samara. During the civil war, when hunger became intolerable, his sick father went to Samarkand, leaving Dimitry as head... (30 October 1908–20 December 1984) |
— | — | — | 26 March 1965 |
5 March 1976 |
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| Voronov, Gennady Gennady Voronov Gennady Ivanovich Voronov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1962 to 1971 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister.... (18 August 1910–1 April 1994) |
31 October 1961 |
27 April 1973 |
18 January 1961 |
31 October 1961 |
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