Politburo of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

24th Politburo

23rd Politburo ← →  25th Politburo
Duration	9 April 1971 – 5 March 1976

The 24th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 24th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 24th Congress.

24th Politburo (1971–1976)

Candidate members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Yuri Andropov (1914–1984)	9 April 1971	27 April 1973	2 years, 18 days
Pyotr Demichev (1917–2010)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Pyotr Masherov (1918–1980)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902–1988)	9 April 1971	18 December 1972	1 year, 253 days
Sharof Rashidov (1917–1983)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008)	23 November 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 103 days
Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995)	19 May 1972	5 March 1976	3 years, 291 days
Grigory Romanov (1923–2008)	27 April 1973	5 March 1976	2 years, 313 days

Full members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Gennady Voronov (1910–1994)	9 April 1971	27 April 1973	2 years, 18 days
Viktor Grishin (1914–1992)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Fyodor Kulakov (1918–1978)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Dinmukhamed Konayev (1912–1993)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Kirill Mazurov (1914–1989)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Arvīds Pelše (1899–1983)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Nikolai Podgorny (1908–1983)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Dmitry Polyansky (1917–2001)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994)	9 April 1971	16 April 1975	4 years, 7 days
Petro Shelest (1908–1996)	9 April 1971	27 April 1973	2 years, 18 days
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990)	9 April 1971	5 March 1976	4 years, 362 days
Yuri Andropov (1914–1984)	27 April 1973	5 March 1976	2 years, 344 days
Andrei Grechko (1903–1976)	27 April 1973	5 March 1976	2 years, 344 days
Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989)	27 April 1973	5 March 1976	2 years, 344 days