Secretariat of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 22nd Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 22nd Central Committee in the aftermath of the 22nd Congress.

List of members

Name
(birth–death)
Took office Left office Duration Note
Nikita Khrushchev
(1894–1971)
31 October 1961 14 October 1964 2 years, 349 days Elected First Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session, and relieved of his duties at the 9th Plenary Session.
Leonid Brezhnev
(1906–1982)
21 June 1963 8 April 1966 4 years, 159 days Elected to the Secretariat at the 5th Plenary Session, and was elected First Secretary at the 9th Plenary Session.
Yuri Andropov
(1914–1984)
23 November 1962 8 April 1966 3 years, 136 days Elected at the 4th Plenary Session.
Pyotr Demichev
(1918–2000)
31 October 1961 8 April 1966 4 years, 159 days
Leonid Ilyichev
(1906–1990)
31 October 1961 26 March 1965 3 years, 146 days Relieved of his duties at the 11th Plenary Session.
Ivan Kapitonov
(1915–2002)
6 December 1965 8 April 1966 123 days Elected at the 13th Plenary Session.
Frol Kozlov
(1908–1965)
31 October 1961 16 November 1964 3 years, 16 days Relieved of his duties at the 10th Plenary Session.
Fyodor Kulakov
(1918–1978)
29 September 1965 8 April 1966 191 days Elected at the 12th Plenary Session.
Otto Wille Kuusinen
(1881–1964)
31 October 1961 17 May 1964 2 years, 199 days
Nikolai Podgorny
(1903–1983)
21 June 1963 6 December 1965 2 years, 168 days Elected at the 5th Plenary Session, and relieved of his duties at the 13th Plenary Session.
Boris Ponomarev
(1905–1995)
31 October 1961 8 April 1966 4 years, 159 days
Vasily Polyakov
(1913–2003)
23 November 1962 16 November 1964 1 year, 328 days Elected at the 4th Plenary Session, and relieved of his duties at the 10th Plenary Session.
Aleksandr Rudakov
(1910–1966)
23 November 1962 8 April 1966 3 years, 136 days Elected at the 4th Plenary Session.
Alexander Shelepin
(1918–1994)
31 October 1961 8 April 1966 4 years, 159 days
Ivan Spiridonov
(1905–1991)
31 October 1961 23 April 1962 174 days Relieved of his duties at the 3rd Plenary Session.
Mikhail Suslov
(1902–1982)
31 October 1961 8 April 1966 4 years, 159 days
Vitaly Titov
(1907–1980)
31 October 1961 29 September 1965 3 years, 333 days Relieved of his duties at the 12th Plenary Session.
Dmitriy Ustinov
(1908–1984)
26 March 1965 8 April 1966 1 year, 13 days Elected at the 11th Plenary Session.

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