25th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

25th Politburo
24th Politburo ← → 26th Politburo
Duration	5 March 1976 – 3 March 1981

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 (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

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