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Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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The Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was in session from 1981 to 1986.

Officers

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General Secretaries

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General Secretaries of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Name Cyrillic Took office Left office Duration Birth Death PM Ethnicity Portrait
Leonid Brezhnev Леонид Брежнев 3 March 1981 10 November 1982 1 year and 252 days 1906 1982 1931 Russian
Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов 12 November 1982 9 February 1984 1 year and 89 days 1914 1984 1939 Russian
Konstantin Chernenko Константин Черненко 13 February 1984 10 March 1985 1 year and 25 days 1911 1985 1931 Ukrainian
Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв 11 March 1985 6 March 1986 360 days 1931 2022 1952 Russian

Second Secretaries

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Second Secretaries of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Name Cyrillic Took office Left office Duration Birth Death PM Ethnicity Portrait
Mikhail Suslov Михаи́л Су́слов 3 March 1981 25 January 1982 328 days 1902 1982 1921 Russian
Konstantin Chernenko Константин Черненко 25 January 1982 24 May 1982 119 days 1911 1985 1931 Ukrainian
Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов 24 May 1982 12 November 1982 172 days 1914 1984 1939 Russian
Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв 12 November 1982 11 March 1985 2 years and 119 days 1931 2022 1952 Russian
Yegor Ligachyov Егор Лигачёв 12 November 1982 6 March 1986 360 days 1920 2021 1944 Russian

Members

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Members of the Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Name Cyrillic 25th SEC 27th SEC Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender
Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов By-election Died 1914 1984 1939 Russian Male
Leonid Brezhnev Леонид Брежнев Old Died 1906 1982 1931 Russian Male
Konstantin Chernenko Константин Черненко Old Died 1911 1985 1931 Ukrainian Male
Vladimir Dolgikh Владимир Долгих Old Reelected 1924 2020 1942 Russian Male
Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв Old Reelected 1931 2022 1952 Russian Male
Ivan Kapitonov Иван Капитонов Old Not 1915 2002 1939 Russian Male
Andrei Kirilenko Андре́й Кириле́нко Old Relieved 1906 1990 1930 Ukrainian Male
Yegor Ligachyov Егор Лигачёв By-election Reelected 1920 2021 1944 Russian Male
Viktor Nikonov Виктор Никонов By-election Reelected 1929 1993 1954 Russian Male
Boris Ponomarev Борис Пономарёв Old Not 1905 1995 1919 Russian Male
Grigory Romanov Григорий Романов By-election Relieved 1923 2008 1944 Russian Male
Konstantin Rusakov Константи́н Русако́в Old Relieved 1909 1993 1943 Russian Male
Nikolai Ryzhkov Николай Рыжков By-election Relieved 1929 2024 1956 Russian Male
Mikhail Suslov Михаил Суслов Old Died 1902 1982 1921 Russian Male
Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин By-election Relieved 1931 2007 1961 Russian Male
Lev Zaykov Лев Зайков By-election Reelected 1923 2002 1957 Russian Male
Mikhail Zimyanin Михаил Зимянин Old Reelected 1914 1995 1939 Belarusian Male

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Секретариат ЦК РСДРП(б) - РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС" [Secretariat of the Central Committee of the RSDLP(b) - RCP(b) - VKP(b) - CPSU]. Handbook on History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898–1991. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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