The Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was in session from 1981 to 1986.
Officers
General Secretaries General Secretaries of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Name Cyrillic Took office Left office Duration Birth Death PM Ethnicity Portrait Leonid Brezhnev Леонид Брежнев 3 March 1981 10 November 1982 1906 1982 1931 Russian Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов 12 November 1982 9 February 1984 1914 1984 1939 Russian Konstantin Chernenko Константин Черненко 13 February 1984 10 March 1985 1911 1985 1931 Ukrainian Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв 11 March 1985 6 March 1986 1931 2022 1952 Russian
Second Secretaries Second Secretaries of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Name Cyrillic Took office Left office Duration Birth Death PM Ethnicity Portrait Mikhail Suslov Михаи́л Су́слов 3 March 1981 25 January 1982 1902 1982 1921 Russian Konstantin Chernenko Константин Черненко 25 January 1982 24 May 1982 1911 1985 1931 Ukrainian Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов 24 May 1982 12 November 1982 1914 1984 1939 Russian Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв 12 November 1982 11 March 1985 1931 2022 1952 Russian Yegor Ligachyov Егор Лигачёв 12 November 1982 6 March 1986 1920 2021 1944 Russian
Members Members of the Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Name Cyrillic 25th SEC 27th SEC Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Yuri Andropov Юрий Андропов By-election Died 1914 1984 1939 Russian Male Leonid Brezhnev Леонид Брежнев Old Died 1906 1982 1931 Russian Male Konstantin Chernenko Константин Черненко Old Died 1911 1985 1931 Ukrainian Male Vladimir Dolgikh Владимир Долгих Old Reelected 1924 2020 1942 Russian Male Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв Old Reelected 1931 2022 1952 Russian Male Ivan Kapitonov Иван Капитонов Old Not 1915 2002 1939 Russian Male Andrei Kirilenko Андре́й Кириле́нко Old Relieved 1906 1990 1930 Ukrainian Male Yegor Ligachyov Егор Лигачёв By-election Reelected 1920 2021 1944 Russian Male Viktor Nikonov Виктор Никонов By-election Reelected 1929 1993 1954 Russian Male Boris Ponomarev Борис Пономарёв Old Not 1905 1995 1919 Russian Male Grigory Romanov Григорий Романов By-election Relieved 1923 2008 1944 Russian Male Konstantin Rusakov Константи́н Русако́в Old Relieved 1909 1993 1943 Russian Male Nikolai Ryzhkov Николай Рыжков By-election Relieved 1929 2024 1956 Russian Male Mikhail Suslov Михаил Суслов Old Died 1902 1982 1921 Russian Male Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин By-election Relieved 1931 2007 1961 Russian Male Lev Zaykov Лев Зайков By-election Reelected 1923 2002 1957 Russian Male Mikhail Zimyanin Михаил Зимянин Old Reelected 1914 1995 1939 Belarusian Male