# Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1986 to 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 |
| 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 Ligachyov | 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 | Alive | 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 |
| 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 |