# Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was in session from 1956 to 1961.

## Composition
### Members

Members of the Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union :
| Name | Cyrillic | 19th PRE | 22nd PRE | Birth | Death | PM | Ethnicity | Gender |
| Averky Aristov | Аверкий Аристов | New | Not | 1903 | 1973 | 1921 | Belarusian | Male |
| Nikolai Belyaev | Никола́й Беля́ев | New | Relieved | 1903 | 1966 | 1925 | Russian | Male |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Леонид Брежнев | Promoted | Reelected | 1906 | 1982 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
| Nikolai Bulganin | Николай Булганин | Old | Relieved | 1895 | 1975 | 1917 | Russian | Male |
| Yekaterina Furtseva | Екатерина Фурцева | Promoted | Not | 1910 | 1974 | 1930 | Russian | Female |
| Nikolai Ignatov | Никола́й Игна́тов | New | Not | 1901 | 1966 | 1924 | Russian | Male |
| Lazar Kaganovich | Лазарь Каганович | Old | Relieved | 1893 | 1991 | 1911 | Ukrainian Jew | Male |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Никита Хрущёв | Old | Reelected | 1894 | 1971 | 1918 | Russian | Male |
| Aleksey Kirichenko | Алексе́й Кириче́нко | Old | Relieved | 1908 | 1975 | 1930 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Alexei Kosygin | Алексей Косыгин | Promoted | Reelected | 1904 | 1980 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
| Frol Kozlov | Фрол Козлов | Promoted | Reelected | 1908 | 1965 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
| Otto Kuusinen | Отто Куусинен | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1964 | 1918 | Finn | Male |
| Georgy Malenkov | Георгий Маленков | Old | Relieved | 1902 | 1988 | 1920 | Russian | Male |
| Anastas Mikoyan | Василий Мжаванадзе | Old | Reelected | 1895 | 1978 | 1915 | Armenian | Male |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | Вячеслав Молотов | Old | Relieved | 1890 | 1986 | 1906 | Russian | Male |
| Nuritdin Mukhitdinov | Нуритди́н Мухитди́нов | Old | Not | 1917 | 2008 | 1942 | Uzbek | Male |
| Mikhail Pervukhin | Михаил Первухин | Old | Demoted | 1904 | 1978 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
| Nikolai Podgorny | Никола́й Подго́рный | Promoted | Reelected | 1903 | 1983 | 1930 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Dmitry Polyansky | Дми́трий Поля́нский | Promoted | Reelected | 1917 | 2001 | 1939 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Maksim Saburov | Макси́м Сабу́ров | Old | Relieved | 1900 | 1977 | 1920 | Russian | Male |
| Nikolai Shvernik | Никола́й Шве́рник | Promoted | Reelected | 1888 | 1970 | 1905 | Russian | Male |
| Mikhail Suslov | Михаил Суслов | Old | Reelected | 1902 | 1982 | 1921 | Russian | Male |
| Kliment Voroshilov | Климент Ворошилов | Old | Relieved | 1881 | 1969 | 1903 | Russian | Male |
| Georgy Zhukov | Георгий Жуков | Promoted | Relieved | 1896 | 1974 | 1919 | Russian | Male |

### Candidates

Candidate Members of the Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union :
| Name | Cyrillic | 19th PRE | 22nd PRE | Birth | Death | PM | Ethnicity | Gender |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Леонид Брежнев | New | Promoted | 1906 | 1982 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
| Yekaterina Furtseva | Екатерина Фурцева | New | Promoted | 1910 | 1974 | 1930 | Russian | Female |
| Viktor Grishin | Ви́ктор Гри́шин | By-election | Candidate | 1914 | 1992 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
| Jānis Kalnbērziņš | Ян Калнбе́рзинь | By-election | Not | 1893 | 1986 | 1917 | Latvian | Male |
| Andrei Kirilenko | Андре́й Кириле́нко | By-election | Not | 1906 | 1990 | 1930 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Demyan Korotchenko | Демьян Коротченко | By-election | Not | 1894 | 1969 | 1918 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Alexei Kosygin | Алексей Косыгин | New | Promoted | 1904 | 1980 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
| Frol Kozlov | Фрол Козлов | By-election | Promoted | 1908 | 1965 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
| Kirill Mazurov | Кири́лл Ма́зуров | By-election | Candidate | 1914 | 1989 | 1940 | Belarusian | Male |
| Nuritdin Mukhitdinov | Нуритди́н Мухитди́нов | New | Promoted | 1917 | 2008 | 1942 | Uzbek | Male |
| Vasil Mzhavanadze | Василий Мжаванадзе | By-election | Candidate | 1902 | 1988 | 1927 | Georgian | Male |
| Mikhail Pervukhin | Михаил Первухин | Demoted | Not | 1904 | 1978 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
| Nikolai Podgorny | Никола́й Подго́рный | By-election | Promoted | 1903 | 1983 | 1930 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Dmitry Polyansky | Дми́трий Поля́нский | By-election | Promoted | 1917 | 2001 | 1939 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Pyotr Pospelov | Пётр Поспелов | By-election | Not | 1898 | 1979 | 1916 | Russian | Male |
| Dmitri Shepilov | Дми́трий Шепи́лов | New | Not | 1905 | 1995 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
| Nikolai Shvernik | Никола́й Шве́рник | Candidate | Promoted | 1888 | 1970 | 1905 | Russian | Male |
| Gennady Voronov | Геннадий Воронов | By-election | Member | 1910 | 1994 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
| Georgy Zhukov | Георгий Жуков | New | Promoted | 1896 | 1974 | 1919 | Russian | Male |