| Presidium of the Central Committee |
| 16 Oct 1952 |
Presidium elected by the Central Committee: full members - Andrianov, Aristov, Beriya, Bulganin, Voroshilov, Ignatyev, Kaganovich, Korotchenko, Kuznetsov, Kuusinen, Malenkov, Malyshev, Melnikov, Mikoyan, Mikhaylov, Molotov, Pervukhin, Ponomarenko, Saburov, Stalin, Suslov, Khrushchev, Chesnokov, Shvernik, Shkiryatov; candidate members - Brezhnev, Vyshinsky, Zverev, Ignatov, Kabanov, Kosygin, Patolichev, Pegov, Puzanov, Tevosyan, Yudin |
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An unofficial bureau of the Presidium (Buro Prezidiuma) was formed by Stalin: Beriya, Bulganin, Voroshilov, Kaganovich, Malenkov, Pervukhin, Saburov, Stalin, Khrushchev |
| 5 Mar 1953 |
Presidium elected at the joint session of the Central Committee, Council of Ministers and Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet: Beriya, Bulganin, Voroshilov, Kaganovich, Malenkov, Mikoyan, Molotov, Pervukhin, Saburov, Stalin [1], Khrushchev; candidate members - Bagirov, Melnikov, Ponomarenko, Shvernik |
| 5 Mar 1953 |
Stalin died |
| 6 Jun 1953 |
Melnikov relieved of duties by questionnaire [2]; Kirichenko elected candidate member by questionnaire |
| 7 Jul 1953 |
Beriya expelled from the party at the Central Committee plenum (arrested 26 Jun 1953) |
| 17 Jul 1953 |
Bagirov relieved of duties by resolution of the Presidium of the Central Committee |
| 12 Jul 1955 |
Kirichenko and Suslov elected full members at the Central Committee plenum |
| 27 Feb 1956 |
Presidium elected by the Central Committee: full members - Bulganin, Voroshilov, Kaganovich, Kirichenko, Malenkov, Mikoyan, Molotov, Pervukhin, Saburov, Suslov, Khrushchev; candidate members- Brezhnev, Zhukov, Mukhitdinov, Furtseva, Shvernik, Shepilov |
| 14 Feb 1957 |
Kozlov elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 29 Jun 1957 |
Kaganovich, Malenkov, Molotov and Shepilov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
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Presidium elected by the Central Committee: full members - Aristov, Belyaev, Brezhnev, Bulganin, Voroshilov, Zhukov, Ignatov, Kirichenko, Kozlov, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Suslov, Furtseva, Khrushchev, Shvernik; candidate members - Kalnberzin, Kirilenko, Korotchenko, Kosygin, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Mukhitdinov, Pervukhin, Pospelov |
| 29 Oct 1957 |
Zhukov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 17 Dec 1957 |
Mukhitdinov elected full member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 18 Jun 1958 |
Podgorny and Polyansky elected candidate members at the Central Committee plenum |
| 5 Sep 1958 |
Bulganin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 4 May 1960 |
Belyaev and Kirichenko relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kosygin, Podgorny and Polyansky elected full members |
| 16 Jul 1960 |
Voroshilov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 18 Jan 1961 |
Voronov and Grishin elected candidate members at the Central Committee plenum |
| 31 Oct 1961 |
Presidium elected by the Central Committee: full members - Brezhnev, Voronov, Kozlov, Kosygin, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgorny, Polyansky, Suslov, Khrushchev, Shvernik; candidate members - Grishin, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Rashidov, Shcherbitsky. |
| 23 Apr 1962 |
Kirilenko elected full member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 23 Nov 1962 |
Yefremov elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
| 13 Dec 1963 |
Shcherbitsky relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Shelest elected candidate member |
| 17 May 1964 |
Kuusinen died |
| 14 Oct 1964 |
Khrushchev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 16 Nov 1964 |
Kozlov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Shelepin and Shelest elected full members, Demichev elected candidate member |
| 26 Mar 1965 |
Mazurov elected full member at the Central Committee plenum, Ustinov elected candidate member |
| 6 Dec 1965 |
Shcherbitsky again elected candidate member at the Central Committee plenum |
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