# Politburo of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Politburo of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1990 to 1991.
The new politburo was expunged and weakened, and apart from Mikhail Gorbachev himself, no members also held positions in the state or government leadership of the Soviet Union. Included in the new politburo were all the republic party heads. The resulting geographical diversity made the past practice of weekly meetings impractical. In addition, the category of nonvoting candidate members was dropped.

## Composition

Members of the Political Bureau of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union :
| Name | Cyrillic | 27th POL | 28th POL | Birth | Death | PM | Ethnicity | Gender |
| Dzhumgalbek Amanbayev | Джумгалбек Аманбаев | By-election | Banned | 1946 | 2005 | 1972 | Kyrgyz | Male |
| Lembit Annus | Лембит Аннус | By-election | Banned | 1941 | 2018 | 1963 | Estonian | Male |
| Mykolas Burokevičius | Миколас Бурокявичюс | New | Banned | 1927 | 2016 | 1946 | Lithuanian | Male |
| Alexander Dzasokhov | Александр Дзасохов | New | Banned | 1934 | Alive | 1957 | Ossetian | Male |
| Grigore Eremei | Григорий Еремей | By-election | Banned | 1935 | Alive | 1957 | Moldovan | Male |
| Ivan Frolov | Иван Фролов | New | Banned | 1929 | 1999 | 1960 | Russian | Male |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Михаил Горбачёв | Old | Resigned | 1931 | 2022 | 1952 | Russian | Male |
| Givi Gumbaridze | Гиви Гумбаридзе | New | Relieved | 1945 | Alive | 1972 | Georgian | Male |
| Stanislav Gurenko | Станисла́в Гуре́нко | New | Banned | 1936 | 2013 | 1961 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Vladimir Ivashko | Влади́мир Ива́шко | New | Banned | 1932 | 1994 | 1960 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Islam Karimov | Ислам Каримов | New | Banned | 1938 | 2016 | 1964 | Uzbek | Male |
| Pyotr Luchinsky | Пётр Лучинский | New | Banned | 1941 | Alive | 1964 | Moldovan | Male |
| Qahhor Mahkamov | Кахар Махкамов | New | Banned | 1932 | 2016 | 1957 | Tajik | Male |
| Anatoly Malofeyev | Анато́лий Малофе́ев | By-election | Banned | 1933 | 2022 | 1957 | Belarusian | Male |
| Absamat Masaliyev | Абсамат Масалиев | New | Relieved | 1933 | 2004 | 1960 | Kyrgyz | Male |
| Vladimir Movsisyan | Владимир Мовсисян | New | Relieved | 1933 | 2014 | 1961 | Armenian | Male |
| Ayaz Mutallibov | Аяз Муталибов | New | Banned | 1938 | 2022 | 1963 | Azerbaijani | Male |
| Nursultan Nazarbayev | Нурсултан Назарбаев | New | Banned | 1940 | Alive | 1962 | Kazakh | Male |
| Saparmurat Niyazov | Сапармурат Ниязов | New | Banned | 1940 | 2006 | 1962 | Turkmen | Male |
| Stepan Pogosyan | Степан Погосян | By-election | Relieved | 1932 | 2012 | 1956 | Armenian | Male |
| Ivan Polozkov | Иван Полозков | New | Banned | 1935 | Alive | 1958 | Russian | Male |
| Yuri Prokofyev | Юрий Прокофьев | New | Banned | 1939 | Alive | 1960 | Russian | Male |
| Alfrēds Rubiks | Альфред Рубикс | New | Banned | 1935 | Alive | 1958 | Latvian | Male |
| Galina Semenova | Галина Семёнова | New | Banned | 1937 | 2016 | 1965 | Russian | Female |
| Oleg Shenin | Олег Шенин | New | Banned | 1937 | 2009 | 1962 | Russian | Male |
| Enn-Arno Sillari | Энн-Арно Силлари | New | Relieved | 1944 | Alive | 1972 | Estonian | Male |
| Yefrem Sokolov | Ефре́м Соколо́в | New | Relieved | 1926 | 2022 | 1955 | Belarusian | Male |
| Yegor Stroyev | Его́р Стро́ев | New | Banned | 1937 | Alive | 1958 | Russian | Male |
| Mikhail Surkov | Михаил Сурков | By-election | Banned | 1945 | Alive | 1968 | Russian | Male |
| Gennady Yanayev | Геннадий Янаев | New | Relieved | 1937 | 2010 | 1962 | Russian | Male |