24th Politburo 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 (1903–1983)	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

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