The Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1986 to 1990.
27th Politburo Duration 6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990
Composition
Members Members of the Political Bureau of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Name Cyrillic 26th POL 28th POL Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Portrait Heydar Aliyev Гейда́р Али́ев Old Relieved 1923 2003 1945 Azerbaijani Male Viktor Chebrikov Виктор Че́бриков Old Relieved 1923 1999 1950 Ukrainian Male Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв Old Reelected 1931 2022 1952 Russian Male Andrei Gromyko Андрей Громыко Old Relieved 1909 1989 1931 Belarusian Male Vladimir Ivashko Владимир Ивашко By-election Reelected 1932 1994 1960 Ukrainian Male Vladimir Kryuchkov Владимир Крючков Promoted Not 1924 2007 1944 Russian Male Dinmukhamed Kunaev Дінмұхаммед Қонаев Old Relieved 1912 1993 1939 Kazakh Male Yegor Ligachev Егор Лигачёв Old Not 1920 2021 1944 Russian Male Yuri Maslyukov Юрий Маслюков Promoted Not 1937 2010 1966 Russian Male Vadim Medvedev Вадим Медведев By-election Not 1929 2025 1952 Russian Male Viktor Nikonov Виктор Никонов By-election Relieved 1929 1993 1954 Russian Male Nikolai Ryzhkov Николай Рыжков Old Not 1929 2024 1956 Russian Male Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Влади́мир Щерби́цкий Old Relieved 1918 1990 1948 Ukrainian Male Eduard Shevardnadze Эдуард Шеварднадзе Old Not 1928 2014 1936 Georgian Male Nikolay Slyunkov Никола́й Слюнько́в Promoted Not 1929 2022 1954 Belarusian Male Mikhail Solomentsev Михаи́л Соло́менцев Old Relieved 1913 2008 1940 Russian Male Vitaly Vorotnikov Вита́лий Воротнико́в Old Not 1926 2012 1950 Russian Male Alexander Yakovlev Алекса́ндр Я́ковлев By-election Not 1923 2005 1944 Russian Male Lev Zaykov Лев Зайков New Not 1923 2002 1957 Russian Male
Candidates Candidate Members of the Political Bureau of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Name Cyrillic 26th POL 28th POL Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Portrait Aleksandra Biryukova Александра Бирюкова By-election Not 1929 2008 1956 Russian Female Pyotr Demichev Пётр Де́мичев Candidate Relieved 1917 2010 1939 Russian Male Vladimir Dolgikh Владимир Долгих Candidate Relieved 1924 2020 1942 Russian Male Anatoly Lukyanov Анатолий Лукьянов By-election Not 1930 2019 1953 Russian Male Yuri Maslyukov Юрий Маслюков By-election Promoted 1937 2010 1966 Russian Male Yevgeny Primakov Евгений Примаков By-election Not 1929 2015 1959 Russian Male Boris Pugo Борис Пуго By-election Not 1937 1991 1963 Latvian Male Georgy Razumovsky Гео́ргий Разумо́вский By-election Not 1936 Alive 1961 Russian Male Nikolay Slyunkov Никола́й Слюнько́в New Promoted 1929 2022 1954 Belarusian Male Sergey Sokolov Серге́й Соколо́в Candidate Relieved 1911 2012 1937 Russian Male Yuri Solovyev Юрий Соловьёв New Relieved 1925 2011 1955 Russian Male Nikolai Talyzin Никола́й Талы́зин Candidate Relieved 1929 1991 1960 Russian Male Aleksandr Vlasov Александр Власов By-election Not 1932 2002 1956 Russian Male Dmitry Yazov Дми́трий Я́зов By-election Not 1924 2020 1944 Russian Male Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин Candidate Relieved 1931 2007 1961 Russian Male