25th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 25th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 25th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 25th Congress.

25th Politburo

24th Politburo ← →  26th Politburo
Duration	5 March 1976 – 3 March 1981

25th Politburo (1976–1981)

Candidate members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Pyotr Demichev (1917–2010) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Pyotr Masherov (1918–1980) 5 March 1976[1] 4 October 1980 4 years, 213 days Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Sharof Rashidov (1917–1983) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Vasili Kuznetsov (1901–1990) 3 October 1977 3 March 1981 3 years, 151 days Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985) 3 October 1977 27 November 1978 1 year, 55 days Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997) 27 November 1978 27 November 1979 1 year, 0 days Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014) 27 November 1978 3 March 1981 2 years, 96 days Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931) 27 November 1979 21 October 1980 329 days Tikhon Kiselyov (1917–1983) 21 October 1980 3 March 1981 133 days

Full members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Yuri Andropov (1914–1984) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Andrei Grechko (1903–1976) 5 March 1976[1] 26 April 1976 52 days Viktor Grishin (1914–1992) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980) 5 March 1976[1] 21 October 1980 4 years, 230 days Fyodor Kulakov (1918–1978) 5 March 1976[1] 17 July 1978 2 years, 134 days Dinmukhamed Konayev (1912–1993) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Kirill Mazurov (1914–1989) 5 March 1976[1] 27 November 1978 2 years, 267 days Arvīds Pelše (1899–1983) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Nikolai Podgorny (1903–1983) 5 March 1976[1] 24 May 1977 1 year, 80 days Grigory Romanov (1923–2008) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Dmitry Ustinov (1908–1984) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990) 5 March 1976[1] 3 March 1981 4 years, 363 days Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985) 27 November 1978 3 March 1981 2 years, 96 days Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997) 27 November 1979 3 March 1981 1 year, 96 days Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931) 21 October 1980 3 March 1981 133 days

References

1. New World Review (ed.). Building a New Society: The 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Part Two: The Proceedings – Appendix to Part Two – 2. The Incoming Political Buerau. p. 129.