20th Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 20th Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 20th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 20th Congress.

20th Politburo (1956–1959)

Candidate members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Brezhnev, LeonidLeonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Zhukov, GeorgyGeorgy Zhukov (1896–1974) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Mukhitdinov, NuritdinNuritdin Mukhitdinov (1917–2008) 27 February 1956 17 December 1957 1 year, 293 days Furtseva, YekaterinaYekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Shvernik, NikolayNikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Shepilov, DmitriDmitri Shepilov (1905–1995) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Kozlov, FrolFrol Kozlov (1908–1965) 14 February 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Kalnbērziņš, JānisJānis Kalnbērziņš (1893–1986) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Kirilenko, AndreiAndrei Kirilenko (1906–1990) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Korotchenko, DemyanDemyan Korotchenko (1894–1969) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Kosygin, AlexeiAlexei Kosygin (1904–1980) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days Mazurov, KirillKirill Mazurov (1914–1989) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Mzhavanadze, VasilVasil Mzhavanadze (1902–1988) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Pervukhin, MikhailMikhail Pervukhin (1904–1978) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Pospelov, PyotrPyotr Pospelov (1898–1979) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Podgorny, NikolaiNikolai Podgorny (1908–1983) 18 June 1958 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days Polyansky, DmitryDmitry Polyansky (1917–2001) 18 June 1958 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days

Full members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Bulganin, NikolaiNikolai Bulganin (1895–1975) 27 February 1956 5 February 1958 343 days Voroshilov, KlimentKliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Kaganovich, LazarLazar Kaganovich (1893–1991) 27 February 1956 27 February 1957 1 year, 0 days Kirichenko, AlexeiAlexei Kirichenko (1908–1975) 27 February 1956 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days Malenkov, GeorgyGeorgy Malenkov (1902–1988) 27 February 1956 27 February 1957 1 year, 0 days Mikoyan, AnastasAnastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Molotov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986) 27 February 1956 27 February 1957 1 year, 0 days Pervukhin, MikhailMikhail Pervukhin (1904–1978) 27 February 1956 27 February 1957 1 year, 0 days Saburov, MaksimMaksim Saburov (1900–1977) 27 February 1956 27 February 1957 1 year, 0 days Suslov, MikhailMikhail Suslov (1902–1982) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Khrushchev, NikitaNikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Aristov, AverkyAverky Aristov (1903–1973) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days Belyaev, NikolayNikolay Belyaev (1903–1966) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days Brezhnev, LeonidLeonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Zhukov, GeorgyGeorgy Zhukov (1896–1974) 29 June 1957 29 October 1957 116 days Ignatov, NikolayNikolay Ignatov (1901–1966) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days Kozlov, FrolFrol Kozlov (1908–1965) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Kuusinen, OttoOtto Kuusinen (1881–1964) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Furtseva, YekaterinaYekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 1 year, 89 days Shvernik, NikolayNikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Mukhitdinov, NuritdinNuritdin Mukhitdinov (1917–2008) 17 December 1957 31 October 1961 2 years, 268 days Kosygin, AlexeiAlexei Kosygin (1904–1980) 4 May 1960 31 October 1961 1 year, 180 days Podgorny, NikolaiNikolai Podgorny (1908–1983) 4 May 1960 31 October 1961 1 year, 180 days Polyansky, DmitryDmitry Polyansky (1917–2001) 4 May 1960 31 October 1961 1 year, 180 days

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