List of members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the 1970s
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The following is a list of members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
List of members
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office (Voting) |
Term of office (non-Voting) |
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| Aliyev, Heydar Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet... (10 May 1923–12 December 2003) |
— | — | — | 5 March 1976 |
22 November 1982 |
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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) |
27 April 1973 |
9 February 1984 |
21 June 1967 |
27 April 1973 |
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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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| Chernenko, Konstantin Konstantin Chernenko Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviet Union from 13 February 1984 until his death thirteen months later, on 10 March 1985... (24 September 1911–10 March 1985) |
27 November 1978 |
10 March 1985 |
3 October 1977 |
27 November 1978 |
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| Demichev, Peotr (21 December 1917–10 August 2010) |
— | — | — | 16 November 1964 |
30 September 1988 |
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| Gorbachev, Mikhail Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991... (2 March 1931–present) |
— | — | — | 27 November 1979 |
21 October 1980 |
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| Greckho, Andrei Andrei Grechko Andrei Antonovich Grechko was a Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense.-Biography:Born in a small town near Rostov-on-Don, the son of Ukrainian peasants, he joined the Red Army in 1919, where he was a part of the legendary “Budyonny Cavalry”... (October 17, 1903 – April 26, 1976) |
27 April 1973 |
26 April 1976 |
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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) |
9 April 1971 |
18 February 1988 |
18 January 1961 |
9 April 1971 |
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| Gromyko, Andrei Andrei Gromyko Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet . Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1987. In the West he was given the... (18 July 1909–2 July 1989) |
27 April 1973 |
30 September 1988 |
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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 |
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| Kosygin, Alexei (20 February 1904–18 December 1980) |
4 May 1960 |
21 October 1980 |
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| Kulakov, Fyodor Fyodor Kulakov Fyodor Davydovich Kulakov was a Soviet-Russian statesman during the Cold War.... (4 February 1918–17 July 1978) |
9 April 1971 |
17 July 1978 |
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| Kunayev, Dinmukhamed (12 January 1912–22 August 1993) |
9 April 1971 |
28 January 1987 |
8 April 1966 |
9 April 1971 |
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| Kuznetsov, Vasili (13 February 1901–5 June 1990) |
— | — | — | 3 October 1977 |
25 February 1988 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Polyansky, Dmitry Dmitry Polyansky Note: There is also a Russian triathlete with the same name, transliterated also as Dmitry Polyanski.Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky , – Moscow, 8 October 2001) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1965 to 1973... (25 October 1917–8 October 2001) |
4 May 1960 |
5 March 1976 |
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| Ponomarev, Boris Boris Ponomarev Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev was a Soviet politician, ideologist and historian, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union... (17 January 1905–21 December 1995) |
— | — | — | 19 May 1972 |
25 February 1986 |
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| Rashidov, Sharof (6 November 1917–31 October 1983) |
— | — | — | 31 October 1961 |
31 October 1983 |
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| Romanov, Grigory Grigory Romanov Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov , was a Soviet politician and member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the CPSU. In 1985, he was considered Mikhail Gorbachev's main rival in the succession struggle after the death of Konstantin Chernenko in March 1985.... (7 February 1923–3 June 2008) |
5 March 1976 |
1 July 1985 |
27 April 1973 |
5 March 1976 |
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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) |
9 April 1971 |
20 September 1989 |
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 |
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| Shevardnadze, Eduard Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on... (25 January 1928–present) |
— | — | — | 27 November 1978 |
1 July 1985 |
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| Solomentsev, Mikhail Mikhail Solomentsev Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev was a high-ranking Soviet politician. He was born near Yelets and graduated from the Leningrad Technological Institute in 1940. Solomentsev was a leading Communist party functionary in Kazakhstan in 1962–1964 and was in charge of the Rostov-on-Don obkom in 1964–1966... (7 November 1913–15 February 2008) |
— | — | — | 23 November 1971 |
26 December 1983 |
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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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| Tikhonov, Nikolai Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985, and as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally First Vice Premier, from 1976 to 1980... (14 May 1905–1 June 1997) |
27 November 1979 |
15 October 1985 |
27 November 1978 |
27 November 1979 |
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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) |
5 March1976 | 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 |
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