Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Information
General SecretarySitaram Yechury
Elected byCentral Committee
Responsible to Central Committee
Parent Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Seats17
Meeting place
AKG Bhawan, Delhi

The Politburo or Polit Bureau is the highest body of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1] The members of the Politburo are elected by the Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of a National Party Congress, which is held every three years.

List of Party Congress

List of Party Congress held of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. Date Location Elected Secretary
24th 02 - 6 April 2025 Madurai, Tamil Nadu TBD
23rd 06 - 10 April 2022 Kannur, Kerala Sitaram Yechury
22rd 18 - 22 April 2018 Hyderabad, Telangana Sitaram Yechury
21st April 2015 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Sitaram Yechury
20th April 2012 Calicut, Kerala Prakash Karat
19th 29 March - 3 April 2008 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Prakash Karat
18th 06 - 11 April 2005 New Delhi, Delhi Prakash Karat
17th 19 - 24 March 2002 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Harkishan Singh Surjeet
16th 5 - 11 October 1998 Calcutta, West Bengal Harkishan Singh Surjeet
15th 2 - 8 April 1995 Chandigarh, Punjab Harkishan Singh Surjeet
14th 3 - 10 January 1992 Madras, Tamil Nadu Harkishan Singh Surjeet
13th January 1989 Trivandrum, Kerala E. M. S. Namboodiripad
12th 24 - 29 December 1986 Calcutta, West Bengal E. M. S. Namboodiripad
11th 26 - 31 January 1982 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh E. M. S. Namboodiripad
10th 2 - 8 April 1978 Jalandar, Punjab E. M. S. Namboodiripad
9th 27 June - 2 July 1972 Madurai, Tamil Nadu P. Sundarayya
8th 23 - 29 December 1968 Cochin, Kerala P. Sundarayya
7th 31 October - 7 November 1966 Calcutta, West Bengal P. Sundarayya

24th Politburo

24th Party Congress
Date: 02 - 6 April 2025
Venue: Madurai, Tamil Nadu

A new Politburo will be elected by the newly formed Central Committee at the upcoming 24th Party Congress in Madurai in 2025.

23rd Politburo

23rd Party Congress
Date: 06 - 10 April 2022
Venue: Kannur, Kerala

A 17-member Politburo was elected by the Central Committee with 3 new entrants.

Members of the 23rd Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. Name State
1 Sitaram Yechury
(General Secretary till death on 12 September 2024) 		Andhra Pradesh
2 Prakash Karat Delhi
3 Pinarayi Vijayan Kerala
4 Brinda Karat West Bengal
5 Manik Sarkar Tripura
6 Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
(till death on 1st October 2022) 		Kerala
M. V. Govindan
(from 31st October 2022)
7 M. A. Baby Kerala
8 B. V. Raghavulu Andhra Pradesh
9 Mohammed Salim West Bengal
10 Surjya Kanta Mishra West Bengal
11 Tapan Kumar Sen West Bengal
12 Nilotpal Basu West Bengal
13 G. Ramakrishnan Tamil Nadu
14 Subhashini Ali Uttar Pradesh
15 Ram Chandra Dome West Bengal
16 Ashok Dhawale Maharashtra
17 A. Vijayaraghavan Kerala

22nd Politburo

The 22nd Congress of the CPI(M) held between 18 and 22 April 2018 at Hyderabad, Telangana elected a 95 member Central Committee. There are also six special invitees and two permanent invitees to the Central Committee. The Central Committee at its meeting held on 22 April 2018 at the conclusion of the Congress elected a 17 member Polit Bureau. The C.C. also re-elected Com. Sitaram Yechury as the General Secretary.[2]

No. Name State
1 Sitaram Yechury
(General Secretary) 		Andhra Pradesh
2 Prakash Karat
(Former General Secretary) 		Kerala
3 S. Ramachandran Pillai
(Former General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha)
4 Biman Bose (Chairman of Left Front (West Bengal)) West Bengal
5 Manik Sarkar
(Former Chief Minister of Tripura) 		Tripura
6 Brinda Karat West Bengal
7 Pinarayi Vijayan (Chief Minister of Kerala) Kerala
8 Hannan Mollah (General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha) West Bengal
9 Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (Editor of Deshabhimani) Kerala
10 M. A. Baby
11 Surjya Kanta Mishra (West Bengal State Secretary) West Bengal
12 Mohammed Salim
13 Subhashini Ali Uttar Pradesh
14 B. V. Raghavulu (Former Andhra Pradesh State Secretary) Andhra Pradesh
15 G. Ramakrishnan (Former Tamil Nadu State Secretary) Tamil Nadu
16 Tapan Kumar Sen
(CITU General Secretary) 		West Bengal
17 Niloptal Basu

21st Politburo

The 21st Politburo was elected at the 21st party congress of CPI(M), held in Visakhapatnam in April 2015.

B. V. Raghavulu
M. A. Baby
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
Prakash Karat
S. Ramachandran Pillai
Manik Sarkar
Pinarayi Vijayan
Sitaram Yechury
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
V. S. Achuthanandan
M. K. Pandhe
Jyoti Basu
R. Umanath with his wife and communist leader Pappa Umanath
E. K. Nayanar
Koratala Satyanarayana
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
E. M. S. Namboodiripad (left) with Romanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu in 1979
P. Sundarayya (left) with Nicolae Ceauşescu (centre) in 1969
A. K. Gopalan (left) with B. T. Ranadive

20th Politburo

The 20th Politburo was elected at the 20th party congress of CPI(M), held in Calicut in April 2012.

19th Politburo

The 19th Politburo was elected at the 19th party congress of CPI(M), held in Coimbatore from 29 March – 3 April 2008.

18th Politburo

The 18th Politburo was elected at the 18th party congress of CPI(M), held in Delhi from 6-11 April 2005.

17th Politburo

The 17th Politburo was elected at the 18th party congress of CPI(M), held in Hyderabad from 19-24 March 2002.

16th Politburo

The 16th Politburo was elected at the 16th party congress of CPI(M), held in Calcutta from 5-11 October 1998.

15th Politburo

The 15th Politburo was elected at the 15th party congress of CPI(M), held in Chandigarh from 2-8 April 1995.

14th Politburo

The 14th Politburo was elected at the 14th party congress of CPI(M), held in Madras from 3-10 January 1992.

13th Politburo

The 13th Politburo was elected at the 13th party congress of CPI(M), held in Trivandrum in January 1989.[4]

12th Politburo

The 12th Politburo was elected at the 12th party congress of CPI(M), held in Calcutta from 24-29 December 1986.

11th Politburo

The 11th Politburo was elected at the 11th party congress of CPI(M), held in Vijayawada from 26-31 January 1982.

10th Politburo

The 10th Politburo was elected at the 10th party congress of CPI(M), held in Jalandhar from 2-8 April 1978.

9th Politburo

The 9th Politburo was elected at the 10th party congress of CPI(M), held in Madurai from 27 June – 2 July 1972.

8th Politburo

The 8th Politburo was elected at the 8th party congress of CPI(M), held in Kochi from 23 - 29 December 1968.

7th Politburo

The 7th Politburo was elected at the 7th Party Congress of CPI(M) held in Calcutta from 31 October – 7 November 1964. It was the first Party Congress after the CPI(M) emerged from a split from the Communist Party of India in 1964.

See also

References

  1. ^ "CPI (M) Party Congresses" Archived 25 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Full list: CPI(M) newly elected central committee and politburo members" Archived 26 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Indian Express. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ Jayanth Jacob (12 July 2009). "Kerala CM removed from politburo". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ^ Sreedhar Pillai (31 January 1989). "Vote for continuity: 13th party congress of CPI(M) in Trivandrum one of the most significant in its history" Archived 23 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. India Today. Retrieved 19 April 2015.