The 25th Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 25th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 25th Congress.
List of members
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | Elected General Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session of the 25th Central Committee. |
Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | — |
Vladimir Dolgikh (1924–2020) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | — |
Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931) |
27 November 1978 | 3 March 1981 | 2 years, 96 days | Elected to the 25th Secretariat at the 7th Plenary Session of the 25th Central Committee. |
Ivan Kapitonov (1915–2002) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | — |
Konstantin Katushev (1927–2010) |
5 March 1976 | 24 May 1977 | 4 years, 363 days | Resigned at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee. |
Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | — |
Fyodor Kulakov (1918–1978) |
5 March 1976 | 17 July 1978 | 2 years, 134 days | Died in a car accident. |
Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | — |
Yakov Ryabov (1928–2018) |
26 October 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 128 days | Elected at the 2nd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee. |
Konstantin Rusakov (1903–1993) |
24 May 1977 | 3 March 1981 | 3 years, 283 days | Elected at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee. |
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | — |
Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984) |
5 March 1976 | 26 October 1976 | 235 days | Resigned at the 2nd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee. |
Mikhail Zimyanin (1914–1995) |
5 March 1976 | 3 March 1981 | 4 years, 363 days | — |