27th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

27th Politburo
26th Politburo ← → 28th Politburo
Duration	6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990

The 27th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 27th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 27th Congress.

List of members[]

Candidate members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Pyotr Demichev (1917–2010)	6 March 1986^[1]	30 September 1988^[2]	2 years, 208 days
Vladimir Dolgikh (1924–2020)	6 March 1986^[1]	30 September 1988^[2]	2 years, 208 days
Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007)	6 March 1986^[1]	18 February 1988^[3]	1 year, 349 days
Nikolay Slyunkov (born 1929)	6 March 1986^[1]	26 June 1987^[4]	1 year, 112 days
Sergey Sokolov (1911–2012)	6 March 1986^[1]	26 June 1987	1 year, 112 days
Nikolai Talyzin (1929–1991)	6 March 1986^[1]	20 September 1989	3 years, 198 days
(1925–2011)	6 March 1986^[1]	20 September 1989^[5]	3 years, 198 days
Alexander Yakovlev (1923–2005)	28 January 1987^[6]	26 June 1987^[4]	149 days
Dmitry Yazov (1924–2020)	26 June 1987^[4]	July 1990^[7]
Yuri Maslyukov (1937–2010)	18 February 1988^[8]	20 September 1989	1 year, 214 days
Georgy Razumovsky (born 1936)	18 February 1988^[8]	14 July 1990	2 years, 146 days
Alexandra Biryukova (1929–2008)	30 September 1988^[2]	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Alexander Vlasov (1932–2002)	30 September 1988^[2]	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Anatoly Lukyanov (1930–2019)	30 September 1988^[2]	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Yevgeny Primakov (1929–2015)	20 September 1989	14 July 1990	297 days
Boris Pugo (1937–1991)	20 September 1989	14 July 1990	297 days

Full members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003)	6 March 1986^[1]	21 October 1987	1 year, 229 days
Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012)	6 March 1986^[1]	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931)	6 March 1986^[1]	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989)	6 March 1986^[1]	30 September 1988^[2]	2 years, 208 days
Lev Zaykov (1923–2002)	6 March 1986^[1]	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993)	6 March 1986^[1]	28 January 1987	328 days
Yegor Ligachev (1920–2021)	6 March 1986^[1]	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Nikolai Ryzhkov (born 1929)	6 March 1986^[1]	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008)	6 March 1986^[1]	30 September 1988^[2]	2 years, 208 days
Viktor Chebrikov (1923–1999)	6 March 1986^[1]	20 September 1989^[5]	3 years, 198 days
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014)	6 March 1986^[1]	14 July 1990	4 years, 130 days
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990)	6 March 1986^[1]	20 September 1989^[5]	3 years, 198 days
Alexander Yakovlev (1923–2005)	26 June 1987^[4]	14 July 1990	3 years, 18 days
(1929–1993)	26 June 1987^[4]	20 September 1989^[5]	2 years, 86 days
Nikolay Slyunkov (born 1929)	26 June 1987^[4]	1990^{[citation needed]}
(born 1929)	30 September 1988^[2]	14 July 1990	1 year, 287 days
Yuri Maslyukov (1937–2010)	20 September 1989^[5]	14 July 1990	297 days
Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924–2007)	20 September 1989^[5]	14 July 1990	297 days
Vladimir Ivashko (1932–1994)	9 December 1989	14 July 1990	217 days

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Soviet Analysis (April 1986). "The 27th CPSU Congress: Gorbachev's Unfinished Business – An Intelligence Assessment". CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. p. 3, Figure 2: CPSU Politburo and Secretariat. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 363–364. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
^ Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 324. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 307. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 393. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
^ Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 302–303. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
^ "Dmitry Yazov". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 348. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.

[CIAunfinished-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Soviet Analysis (April 1986). "The 27th CPSU Congress: Gorbachev's Unfinished Business – An Intelligence Assessment". CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. p. 3, Figure 2: CPSU Politburo and Secretariat. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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[3] Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 324. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.

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[6] Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 302–303. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.

[7] "Dmitry Yazov". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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26th Politburo ← → 28th Politburo
Duration	6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990