Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 27th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 27th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 27th Congress.

List of members

Candidate members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Pyotr Demichev (1917–2000)	6 March 1986	21 October 1988	2 years, 229 days
Vladimir Dolgikh (born 1924)	6 March 1986	30 September 1988	2 years, 208 days
Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007)	6 March 1986	24 February 1988	1 year, 349 days
Nikolay Slyunkov (born 1923)	6 March 1986	26 June 1987	1 year, 112 days
Sergey Sokolov (1911–2012)	6 March 1986	26 June 1987	1 year, 112 days
Nikolai Talyzin (1929–1991)	6 March 1986	20 September 1989	3 years, 198 days
Yuri Solovyev (1925–2011)	6 March 1986	20 September 1989	3 years, 198 days
Alexander Yakovlev (1923–2005)	28 January 1987	26 June 1987	149 days
Yuri Maslyukov (1937–2010)	18 February 1988	20 September 1989	1 year, 214 days
Georgy Razumovsky (born 1936)	18 February 1988	14 July 1990	2 years, 146 days
Alexandra Biryukova (1929–2008)	30 September 1988	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Alexander Vlasov (1932–2002)	30 September 1988	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Anatoly Lukyanov (born 1930)	30 September 1988	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924–2007)	20 September 1989	14 July 1990	297 days
Yevgeny Primakov (1929-2015)	20 September 1989	14 July 1990	297 days
Boris Pugo (1937–1991)	20 September 1989	14 July 1990	297 days

Full members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003)	6 March 1986	21 October 1987	1 year, 229 days
Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012)	6 March 1986	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931)	6 March 1986	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989)	6 March 1986	30 September 1988	2 years, 208 days
Lev Zaykov (1923–2002)	6 March 1986	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Dinmukhamed Konayev (1912–1993)	6 March 1986	28 January 1987	328 days
Yegor Ligachev (born 1920)	6 March 1986	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Nikolai Ryzhkov (born 1929)	6 March 1986	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008)	6 March 1986	30 September 1988	2 years, 208 days
Viktor Chebrikov (1923–1999)	6 March 1986	20 September 1989	3 years, 198 days
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014)	6 March 1986	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990)	6 March 1986	20 September 1989	3 years, 198 days
Alexander Yakovlev (1923–2005)	26 June 1987	14 July 1990	3 years, 18 days
Viktor Nikonov (1929–1993)	26 June 1987	20 September 1989	2 years, 86 days
Vadim Medvedev (born 1929)	30 September 1988	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Yuri Maslyukov (1937–2010)	20 September 1989	14 July 1990	297 days
Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924–2007)	20 September 1989	14 July 1990	297 days
Vladimir Ivashko (1932–1994)	9 December 1989	14 July 1990	217 days