26th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

26th Politburo
25th Politburo ← → 27th Politburo
Duration	3 March 1981 – 6 March 1986

The 26th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 26th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 26th Congress.

26th Politburo (1981–1986)[]

Candidate members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003)	3 March 1981	22 November 1982	1 year, 264 days
Pyotr Demichev (1917–2010)	3 March 1981	6 March 1986	5 years, 3 days
Tikhon Kiselyov (1917–1983)	3 March 1981	11 January 1983	1 year, 314 days
Vasili Kuznetsov (1901–1990)	3 March 1981	6 March 1986	5 years, 3 days
Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995)	3 March 1981	6 March 1986	5 years, 3 days
Sharof Rashidov (1917–1983)	3 March 1981	31 October 1983	2 years, 242 days
Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008)	3 March 1981	26 December 1983	2 years, 298 days
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)	3 March 1981	1 July 1985	4 years, 120 days
Vladimir Dolgikh (1924–2020)	24 May 1982	6 March 1986	3 years, 286 days
Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012)	15 June 1983	26 December 1983	194 days
Viktor Chebrikov (1923–1999)	26 October 1983	23 April 1985	1 year, 179 days
Sergey Sokolov (1911–2012)	23 April 1985	6 March 1986	317 days
Nikolai Talyzin (1929–1991)	15 October 1985	6 March 1986	142 days
Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007)	18 February 1986	6 March 1986	16 days

Full members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Yuri Andropov (1914–1984)	3 March 1981	9 February 1984	2 years, 343 days
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982)	3 March 1981	10 November 1982	1 year, 252 days
Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931)	3 March 1981	6 March 1986	5 years, 3 days
Viktor Grishin (1914–1992)	3 March 1981	18 February 1986^[1]	4 years, 352 days
Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989)	3 March 1981	6 March 1986	5 years, 3 days
Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990)	3 March 1981	22 November 1982	1 year, 264 days
Dinmukhamed Konayev (1912–1993)	3 March 1981	6 March 1986	5 years, 3 days
Arvīds Pelše (1899–1983)	3 March 1981	29 May 1983	2 years, 87 days
Grigory Romanov (1923–2008)	3 March 1981	1 July 1985^[2]	4 years, 120 days
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)	3 March 1981	25 January 1982	328 days
Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997)	3 March 1981	15 October 1985	4 years, 226 days
Dmitry Ustinov (1908–1984)	3 March 1981	20 December 1984	3 years, 292 days
Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003)	22 November 1982	6 March 1986	3 years, 104 days
Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985)	3 March 1981	10 March 1985	4 years, 7 days
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990)	3 March 1981	6 March 1986	5 years, 3 days
Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012)	18 December 1983	6 March 1986	2 years, 78 days
Mikhail Solomentsev (1913��2008)	26 December 1983	6 March 1986	2 years, 70 days
Viktor Chebrikov (1923–1999)	23 April 1985	6 March 1986	317 days
Yegor Ligachev (1920–2021)	23 April 1985	6 March 1986	317 days
Nikolai Ryzhkov (born 1929)	23 April 1985	6 March 1986	317 days
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)	1 July 1985	6 March 1986	248 days

References[]

^ "USSR: Politburo and Secretariat Changes Under Gorbachev". CIA FOIA Reading Room. 13 March 1986. p. 3.
^ "Grigory Romanov: Gorbachev's chief rival for power". The Independent. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[1] "USSR: Politburo and Secretariat Changes Under Gorbachev". CIA FOIA Reading Room. 13 March 1986. p. 3.

[2] "Grigory Romanov: Gorbachev's chief rival for power". The Independent. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

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25th Politburo ← → 27th Politburo
Duration	3 March 1981 – 6 March 1986