# 6th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 6th Politburo, formally the Political Bureau of the 6th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st plenary session of the 6th Central Committee in 1928, in the aftermath of the 6th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This electoral term was preceded by the 5th Politburo and succeeded by the 7th in 1945.
Alternate membership was discontinued in the October 1936 reorganisation, and the Provisional Politburo had no alternates.

## Composition
### Members

Members of the Political Bureau of the 6th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party :
| Officeholder | Officeholder | 5th PB | 1st PLE | 3rd PLE | 4th PLE | PROVIS | 5th PLE | OCT. 1936 | OCT. 1937 | 7th PB | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| Bo Gu | 博古 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Jiangsu |
| Cai Hesen | 蔡和森 | Old | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1895 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai |
| Chen Changhao | 陈昌浩 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1906 | 1927 | 1967 | Hubei |
| Chen Yu | 陈郁 | New | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1901 | 1925 | 1974 | Shenzhen |
| Chen Yun | 陈云 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Not | Member | Elected | 1905 | 1924 | 1995 | Shanghai |
| Deng Fa | 邓发 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | 1906 | 1928 | 1946 | Guangdong |
| Gu Zuolin | 顾作霖 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1908 | 1925 | 1934 | Jiangsu |
| Guan Xiangying | 关向应 | New | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1902 | 1924 | 1946 | Liaoning |
| Kai Feng | 凯丰 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | 1906 | 1930 | 1955 | Jiangxi |
| Kang Sheng | 康生 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Not | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1925 | 1975 | Shandong |
| Li Lisan | 李立三 | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1967 | Hunan |
| Li Zhusheng | 李竹声 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1903 | 1925 | 1973 | Anhui |
| Lin Yuying | 林育英 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1897 | 1922 | 1942 | Hubei |
| Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | New | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | Alternate | Member | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Henan |
| Lu Futan | 卢福坦 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1890 | 1926 | 1969 | Shandong |
| Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | Alternate | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan |
| Peng Dehuai | 彭德怀 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1928 | 1974 | Hunan |
| Qu Qiubai | 瞿秋白 | Old | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1935 | Fujian |
| Ren Bishi | 任弼时 | New | Not | Not | Member | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1904 | 1922 | 1950 | Hunan |
| Su Zhaozheng | 苏兆征 | Old | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1885 | 1925 | 1929 | Guangdong |
| Wang Jiaxiang | 王稼祥 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | Member | Not | 1906 | 1928 | 1974 | Anhui |
| Wang Ming | 王明 | New | Not | Not | Member | Not | Member | Not | Member | Not | 1904 | 1924 | 1974 | Anhui |
| Wang Yuncheng | 王云程 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1905 | 1925 | 1969 | Hubei |
| Xiang Ying | 项英 | New | Member | Member | Member | Not | Member | Member | Member | Not | 1895 | 1922 | 1941 | Anhui |
| Xiang Zhongfa | 向忠发 | Old | Member | Member | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1879 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai |
| Xu Xigen | 徐锡根 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | 1903 | ? | ? | Jiangsu |
| Zhang Guotao | 张国焘 | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | Not | Member | Member | Member | Not | 1897 | 1921 | 1979 | Sichuan |
| Zhang Wentian | 张闻天 | New | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1907 | 1925 | 1946 | Shanghai |
| Zhou Chunquan | 周纯全 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Not | Not | Not | 1905 | 1926 | 1985 | Hubei |
| Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Old | Member | Member | Member | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1898 | 1921 | 1976 | Jiangsu |
| Zhu De | 朱德 | New | Not | Not | Not | Not | Member | Member | Member | Elected | 1886 | 1925 | 1976 | Sichuan |

### Alternates

Alternates of the Political Bureau of the 6th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party :
| Officeholder | Officeholder | 5th PB | 1st PLE | 3rd PLE | 4th PLE | 5th PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| Deng Fa | 邓发 | New | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | 1906 | 1928 | 1946 | Guangdong |
| Gu Shunzhang | 顾顺章 | Member | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Not | 1903 | 1925 | 1934 | Jiangsu |
| Guan Xiangying | 关向应 | New | Alternate | Member | Member | Not | 1902 | 1924 | 1946 | Liaoning |
| Kai Feng | 凯丰 | New | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | 1906 | 1930 | 1955 | Jiangxi |
| Li Lisan | 李立三 | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1967 | Hunan |
| Li Weihan | 李维汉 | Member | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | 1896 | 1921 | 1984 | Hunan |
| Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | New | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Henan |
| Lu Futan | 卢福坦 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Member | 1890 | 1926 | 1969 | Shandong |
| Luo Dengxian | 罗登贤 | Member | Alternate | Not | Not | Not | 1905 | 1925 | 1933 | Guangdong |
| Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | Alternate | Not | Not | Alternate | Alternate | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan |
| Peng Pai | 杨殷 | Member | Alternate | Not | Not | Not | 1896 | 1921 | 1929 | Guangdong |
| Wang Jiaxiang | 王稼祥 | New | Not | Not | Not | Alternate | 1906 | 1928 | 1974 | Anhui |
| Wang Kequan | 王克全 | New | Not | Not | Alternate | Not | 1906 | 1924 | 1939 | Anhui |
| Wen Yucheng | 温裕成 | New | Not | Alternate | Alternate | Not | ? | ? | 1933 | Jiangsu |
| Xu Xigen | 徐锡根 | New | Alternate | Alternate | Member | Not | 1903 | ? | ? | Jiangsu |
| Yang Yin | 杨殷 | New | Alternate | Not | Not | Not | 1892 | 1922 | 1929 | Guangdong |

## Explanatory notes

* ↑ Executed by Kuomintang state authorities on 4 August 1931.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo in August 1934 in between the convocation of the 5th plenary session and the Politburo reorganisation in October 1936.
* ↑ Died of natural causes on 28 May 1934.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo in November 1928 in between the convocations of the first and third plenums.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo in January 1936 in between the convocation of the 5th plenary session and the Politburo reorganisation in October 1936.
* ↑ Defected to the Kuomintang in January 1933.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo by a decision of the Zunyi Conference on 15–17 January 1935 in between the convocation of the 5th plenary session and the Politburo reorganisation in October 1936.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo in January 1936 in between the convocation of the 5th plenary session and the Politburo reorganisation in August 1935.
* ↑ Died of natural causes on 25 February 1929.
* ↑ Defected to the Kuomintang in 1933.
* ↑ Killed in action on 14 March 1941.
* ↑ Executed by Kuomintang state authorities on 24 June 1931.
* ↑ Defected to the Kuomintang on 18 April 1938.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo in January 1936 in between the convocation of the 5th plenary session and the Politburo reorganisation in August 1934.
* ↑ Defected to the Kuomintang on 24 April 1931.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo in November 1928 in between the convocations of the first and third plenums.
* ↑ Defected to the Kuomintang in January 1933.
* ↑ By-elected as a member of the Politburo by a decision of the Zunyi Conference on 15–17 January 1935 in between the convocation of the 5th plenary session and the Politburo reorganisation in October 1936.
* ↑ Executed by Kuomintang state authorities on 30 August 1929.
* ↑ Expelled from the Party by a decision of the 6th Central Committee for engaging in factionalism.
* ↑ Defected to the Kuomintang in 1933.
* ↑ Executed by Kuomintang state authorities on 8 August 1929.