| Secretariat of the Central Committee |
| 25 Mar 1919 |
Stasova elected secretary by the Central Committee |
| 29 Nov 1919 |
Krestinsky and Stasova elected secretaries by the Central Committee |
| 5 Apr 1920 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Krestinsky, Preobrazhensky, Serebryakov |
| 16 Mar 1921 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: V. Mikhaylov, Molotov, Yaroslavsky |
| 3 Apr 1922 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Stalin (secretary general), Kuibyshev, Molotov |
| 26 Apr 1923 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Stalin (secretary general), Molotov, Rudzutak |
| 2 Feb 1924 |
Rudzutak relieved of duties by resolution of the Politburo |
| 3 Feb 1924 |
Andreyev elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 2 Jun 1924 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Stalin (secretary general), Andreyev, Zelensky, Kaganovich, Molotov |
| 20 Aug 1924 |
Zelensky relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Uglanov elected secretary |
| 30 Apr 1925 |
Kaganovich relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Bubnov elected secretary |
| 1 Jan 1926 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Stalin (secretary general), Yevdokimov, Kosior, Molotov, Uglanov; candidate members - Artukhina, Bubnov |
| 9 Apr 1926 |
Yevdokimov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Shvernik elected secretary |
| 16 Apr 1927 |
Shvernik relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kubyak elected secretary |
| 19 Dec 1927 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Stalin (secretary general), Kosior, Kubyak, Molotov, Uglanov; candidate members - Artukhina, Bubnov, Moskvin |
| 11 Apr 1928 |
Kubyak relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission; Smirnov elected secretary; Bauman elected candidate member |
| 12 Jul 1928 |
Kosior relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kaganovich elected secretary |
| 29 Apr 1929 |
Uglanov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Bauman promoted to secretary |
| 13 Jul 1930 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Stalin (secretary general), Bauman, Kaganovich, Molotov, Postyshev; candidate members - Moskvin, Shvernik |
| 21 Dec 1930 |
Molotov relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission |
| 2 Oct 1932 |
Bauman and Moskvin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 10 Feb 1934 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Zhdanov, Kaganovich, Kirov, Stalin |
| 1 Dec 1934 |
Kirov assassinated |
| 1 Feb 1935 |
Yezhov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 28 Feb 1935 |
Andreyev elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 22 Mar 1939 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Andreyev, Zhdanov, Malenkov, Stalin |
| 4 May 1941 |
Shcherbakov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 10 May 1945 |
Shcherbakov died |
| 18 Mar 1946 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Zhdanov, Kuznetsov, Malenkov, Popov, Stalin |
| 6 May 1946 |
Malenkov relieved of duties by questionnaire [1]; Patolichev approved secretary by questionnaire |
| 24 May 1947 |
Patolichev relieved of duties by questionnaire; Suslov approved secretary by questionnaire |
| 1 Jul 1948 |
Malenkov and Ponomarenko approved secretaries by questionnaire |
| 31 Aug 1948 |
Zhdanov died |
| 28 Jan 1949 |
Kuznetsov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 16 Dec 1949 |
Popov relieved of duties by questionnaire; Khrushchev approved secretary by questionnaire |
| 16 Oct 1952 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Aristov, Brezhnev, Ignatov, Malenkov, N. Mikhaylov, Pegov, Ponomarenko, Stalin, Suslov, Khrushchev |
| 5 Mar 1953 |
Brezhnev, Ignatov, Pegov, Ponomarenko relieved of duties at the joint session of the Central Committee, the Council of Ministers and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet; Ignatyev, Pospelov, Shatalin elected secretaries |
| 5 Mar 1953 |
Stalin died |
| 14 Mar 1953 |
Malenkov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Ignatyev, Pospelov, Suslov, Khrushchev, Shatalin |
| 5 Apr 1953 |
Ignatyev relieved of duties by questionnaire |
| 7 Sep 1953 |
Khrushchev elected First secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 8 Mar 1955 |
Shatalin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 12 Jul 1955 |
Aristov, Belyaev, Shepilov elected secretaries at the Central Committee plenum |
| 27 Feb 1956 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Khrushchev (first secretary), Aristov, Belyaev, Brezhnev, Pospelov, Suslov, Furtseva, Khrushchev, Shepilov |
| 24 Dec 1956 |
Shepilov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 14 Feb 1957 |
Shepilov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 29 June 1957 |
Shepilov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kuusinen elected secretary |
| 17 Dec 1957 |
Ignatov, Kirichenko, Mukhitdinov elected secretaries at the Central Committee plenum |
| 12 Nov 1958 |
Belyaev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 4 May 1960 |
Aristov, Ignatov, Kirichenko, Pospelov and Furtseva relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kozlov elected secretary |
| 16 Jul 1960 |
Brezhnev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 31 Oct 1961 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Khrushchev (first secretary), Demichev, Ilyichev, Kozlov, Kuusinen, Ponomarev, Spiridonov, Suslov, Khrushchev, Shelepin |
| 23 Apr 1962 |
Spiridonov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 23 Nov 1962 |
Andropov, Polyakov, Rudakov and Titov elected secretaries at the Central Committee plenum |
| 21 June 1963 |
Brezhnev and Podgorny elected secretaries at the Central Committee plenum |
| 17 May 1964 |
Kuusinen died |
| 14 Oct 1964 |
Khrushchev relieved of duties; Brezhnev elected first secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 16 Nov 1964 |
Kozlov and Polyakov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 26 Mar 1965 |
Ilyichev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Ustinov elected secretary |
| 29 Sep 1965 |
Titov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kulakov elected secretary |
| 6 Dec 1965 |
Podgorny relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kapitonov elected secretary |
| 8 Apr 1966 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Brezhnev (general secretary), Andropov, Brezhnev, Demichev, Kapitonov, Kirilenko, Kulakov, Ponomarev, Rudakov, Suslov, Ustinov, Shelepin |
| 10 Jul 1966 |
Rudakov died |
| 13 Dec 1966 |
Solomentsev elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 21 June 1967 |
Andropov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 26 Sep 1967 |
Shelepin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 10 Apr 1968 |
Katushev elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 9 Apr 1971 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Brezhnev (general secretary), Demichev, Kapitonov, Katushev, Kirilenko, Kulakov, Ponomarev, Solomentsev, Suslov, Ustinov |
| 23 Nov 1971 |
Solomentsev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 18 Dec 1972 |
Dolgikh elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 16 Dec 1974 |
Demichev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 5 Mar 1976 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Brezhnev (general secretary), Dolgikh, Zimyanin, Kapitonov, Katushev, Kirilenko, Kulakov, Ponomarev, Suslov, Ustinov, Chernenko |
| 25 Oct 1976 |
Ryabov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 26 Oct 1976 |
Ustinov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 24 May 1977 |
Katushev relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Rusakov elected secretary |
| 17 Jul 1978 |
Kulakov died |
| 27 Nov 1978 |
Gorbachev elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 17 Apr 1979 |
Ryabov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 3 Mar 1981 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Brezhnev (general secretary), Gorbachev, Dolgikh, Zimyanin, Kapitonov, Kirilenko, Ponomarev, Rusakov, Suslov, Chernenko |
| 25 Jan 1982 |
Suslov died |
| 24 May 1982 |
Andropov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 10 Nov 1982 |
Brezhnev died |
| 12 Nov 1982 |
Andropov elected secretary general at the Central Committee extraordinary plenum |
| 22 Nov 1982 |
Kirilenko relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Ryzhkov elected secretary |
| 15 June 1983 |
Romanov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 26 Dec 1983 |
Ligachev elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 9 Feb 1984 |
Andropov died |
| 13 Feb 1984 |
Chernenko elected secretary general at the Central Committee extraordinary plenum |
| 10 Mar 1985 |
Chernenko died |
| 11 Mar 1985 |
Gorbachev elected secretary general at the Central Committee extraordinary plenum |
| 23 Apr 1985 |
Nikonov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 1 Jul 1985 |
Romanov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Yeltsin and Zaikov elected secretaries |
| 15 Oct 1985 |
Ryzhkov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 18 Feb 1986 |
Yeltsin and Rusakov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
| 6 Mar 1986 |
Secretariat elected by the Central Committee: Gorbachev (general secretary), Biryukova, Dobrynin, Dolgikh, Zaikov, Zimyanin, Ligachev, Medvedev, Nikonov, Razumovsky, Yakovlev |
| 28 Jan 1987 |
Zimyanin relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Lukyanov and Slyunkov elected secretaries |
| 18 Feb 1988 |
Baklanov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 30 Sep 1988 |
Biryukova, Dobrynin, Dolgikh and Lukyanov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Chebrikov elected secretary |
| 20 Sep 1989 |
Nikonov and Chebrikov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Girenko, Manayenkov, Stroyev and Usmanov elected secretaries |
| 9 Dec 1989 |
Frolov elected secretary at the Central Committee plenum |
| 10 Jul 1990 |
Gorbachev elected secretary general by secret ballot at the 28th party Congress |
| 11 Jul 1990 |
Ivashko elected deputy secretary general by secret ballot at the 28th party Congress |
| 14 Jul 1990 |
Secretaries elected by the Central Committee: Baklanov, Gidaspov, Girenko, Dzasokhov, Kuptsov, Manayenkov, Semyonova, Stroyev, Falin, Shenin, Yanayev; members of the Secretariat: Aniskin, Gayvoronsky, Melnikov, Teplenichev, Turgunova |
| 31 Jan 1991 |
Yanayev relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission; Luchinsky elected secretary |
| 25 Apr 1991 |
Gorbachev tendered his resignation to the joint plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission, but it was declined; Baklanov relieved of duties |
| 26 Jul 1991 |
Kalashnikov and Melnikov elected secretaries at the Central Committee plenum; Maltsev elected member of the Secretariat |
| 24 Aug 1991 |
Gorbachev resigned the office of secretary general |
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