| Politburo of the Central Committee |
| 8 Apr 1966 |
Politburo elected by the Central Committee: full members - Brezhnev, Voronov, Kirilenko, Kosygin, Mazurov, Pelshe, Podgorny, Polyansky, Suslov, Shelepin, Shelest; candidate members - Grishin, Demichev, Kunayev, Masherov, Mzhavanadze, Rashidov, Ustinov, Shcherbitsky |
| 21 Jun 1967 |
Andropov elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 9 Apr 1971 |
Politburo elected by the Central Committee: full members - Brezhnev, Voronov, Grishin, Kirilenko, Kosygin, Kulakov, Kunayev, Mazurov, Pelshe, Podgorny, Polyansky, Suslov, Shelepin, Shelest, Shcherbitsky; candidate members - Andropov, Demichev, Masherov, Mzhavanadze, Rashidov, Ustinov |
| 23 Nov 1971 |
Solomentsev elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 19 May 1972 |
Ponomarev elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 18 Dec 1972 |
Mzhavanadze relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 27 Apr 1973 |
Voronov and Shelest relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Andropov, Grechko and Gromyko elected full members, Romanov candidate member |
| 16 Apr 1975 |
Shelepin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 5 Mar 1976 |
Politburo elected by the Central Committee: full members - Andropov, Brezhnev, Grechko, Grishin, Gromyko, Kirilenko, Kosygin, Kulakov, Kunayev, Mazurov, Pelshe, Podgorny, Romanov, Suslov, Ustinov, Shcherbitsky; candidate members - Aliyev, Demichev, Masherov, Ponomarev, Rashidov, Solomentsev |
| 26 Apr 1976 |
Grechko died |
| 24 May 1977 |
Podgorny relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 3 Oct 1977 |
Kuznetsov and Chernenko elected candidate members at the Central Committee plenum |
| 17 Jul 1978 |
Kulakov died |
| 27 Nov 1978 |
Mazurov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Chernenko elected full member; Tikhonov and Shevardnadze candidate members |
| 27 Nov 1979 |
Tikhonov elected full member at the Central Committee plenum; Gorbachev elected candidate member |
| 4 Oct 1980 |
Masherov died as a result of car accident |
| 21 Oct 1980 |
Kosygin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Gorbachev elected full member, Kiselyov candidate member |
| 3 Mar 1981 |
Politburo elected by the Central Committee: full members - Andropov, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Grishin, Gromyko, Kirilenko, Kunayev, Pelshe, Romanov, Suslov, Tikhonov, Ustinov, Chernenko, Shcherbitsky; candidate members - Aliyev, Demichev, Kiselyov, Kuznetsov, Ponomarev, Rashidov, Solomentsev, Shevardnadze |
| 25 Jan 1982 |
Suslov died |
| 24 May 1982 |
Dolgikh elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 10 Nov 1982 |
Brezhnev died |
| 22 Nov 1982 |
Kirilenko relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Aliyev elected full member |
| 11 Jan 1983 |
Kiselyov died |
| 29 May 1983 |
Pelshe died |
| 15 Jun 1983 |
Vorotnikov elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 31 Oct 1983 |
Rashidov committed suicide |
| 26 Dec 1983 |
Vorotnikov and Solomentsev elected full members at the Central Committee plenum; Chebrikov elected candidate member |
| 9 Feb 1984 |
Andropov died |
| 20 Dec 1984 |
Ustinov died |
| 10 Mar 1985 |
Chernenko died |
| 23 Apr 1985 |
Ligachev, Ryzhkov and Chebrikov elected full members at the Central Committee plenum; S.Sokolov elected candidate member |
| 1 Jul 1985 |
Romanov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Shevardnadze elected full member |
| 15 Oct 1985 |
Tikhonov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Talyzin elected candidate member |
| 18 Feb 1986 |
Grishin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Yeltsin elected candidate member |
| 6 Mar 1986 |
Politburo elected by the Central Committee: full members - Aliyev, Vorotnikov, Gorbachev, Gromyko, Zaykov, Kunayev, Ligachev, Ryzhkov, Solomentsev, Chebrikov, Shevardnadze, Shcherbitsky; candidate members - Demichev, Dolgikh, Yeltsin, Slyunkov, S.Sokolov, Solovyov, Talyzin |
| 28 Jan 1987 |
Kunayev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Yakovlev elected candidate member |
| 26 Jun 1987 |
S.Sokolov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Slyunkov, Yakovlev and Nikonov elected full members, Yazov elected candidate member |
| 21 Oct 1987 |
Aliyev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 14 Feb 1988 |
Yeltsin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Maslyukov and Razumovsky elected candidate members |
| 30 Sep 1988 |
Gromyko, Solomentsev, Demichev and Dolgikh relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Medvedev elected full member, Biryukova, Vlasov and Lukyanov elected candidate members |
| 20 Sep 1989 |
Nikonov, Chebrikov, Shcherbitsky, Solovyov and Talyzin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kruchkov and Maslyukov elected full members, Primakov and Pugo candidate members |
| 9 Dec 1989 |
Ivashko elected full member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 14 Jul 1990 |
Politburo elected by the Central Committee: Burokyavichus, Gumbaridze, Gorbachev, Gurenko, Dzasokhov, Ivashko, Karimov, Luchinsky, Masaliyev, Makhkamov, Movsisyan, Mutalibov, Nazarbayev, Niyazov, Polozkov, Prokofyev, Rubiks, Semyonova, Sillari, Ye.Sokolov, Stroyev, Frolov, Shenin and Yanayev [1] |
| 11 Dec 1990 |
Ye.Sokolov and Movsisyan relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Malofeyev and Pogosyan elected members |
| 31 Jan 1991 |
Gumbaridze and Yanayev relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission; Annus elected member |
| 25 Apr 1991 |
Masaliyev relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission; Amanbayev, Yeremey and Surkov elected members |
| 26 Jul 1991 |
Pogosyan relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
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