# Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was in session from 1981 to 1986.

## Officers
### General Secretaries

General Secretaries of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union :
| Name | Cyrillic | Took office | Left office | Duration | Birth | Death | PM | Ethnicity |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Леонид Брежнев | 3 March 1981 | 10 November 1982 | 1 year and 252 days | 1906 | 1982 | 1931 | Russian |
| Yuri Andropov | Юрий Андропов | 12 November 1982 | 9 February 1984 | 1 year and 89 days | 1914 | 1984 | 1939 | Russian |
| Konstantin Chernenko | Константин Черненко | 13 February 1984 | 10 March 1985 | 1 year and 25 days | 1911 | 1985 | 1931 | Ukrainian |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Михаил Горбачёв | 11 March 1985 | 6 March 1986 | 360 days | 1931 | 2022 | 1952 | Russian |

### Second Secretaries

Second Secretaries of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union :
| Name | Cyrillic | Took office | Left office | Duration | Birth | Death | PM | Ethnicity |
| Mikhail Suslov | Михаи́л Су́слов | 3 March 1981 | 25 January 1982 | 328 days | 1902 | 1982 | 1921 | Russian |
| Konstantin Chernenko | Константин Черненко | 25 January 1982 | 24 May 1982 | 119 days | 1911 | 1985 | 1931 | Ukrainian |
| Yuri Andropov | Юрий Андропов | 24 May 1982 | 12 November 1982 | 172 days | 1914 | 1984 | 1939 | Russian |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Михаил Горбачёв | 12 November 1982 | 11 March 1985 | 2 years and 119 days | 1931 | 2022 | 1952 | Russian |
| Yegor Ligachyov | Егор Лигачёв | 12 November 1982 | 6 March 1986 | 360 days | 1920 | 2021 | 1944 | Russian |

## Members

Members of the Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union :
| Name | Cyrillic | 25th SEC | 27th SEC | Birth | Death | PM | Ethnicity | Gender |
| Yuri Andropov | Юрий Андропов | By-election | Died | 1914 | 1984 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Леонид Брежнев | Old | Died | 1906 | 1982 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
| Konstantin Chernenko | Константин Черненко | Old | Died | 1911 | 1985 | 1931 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Vladimir Dolgikh | Владимир Долгих | Old | Reelected | 1924 | 2020 | 1942 | Russian | Male |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Михаил Горбачёв | Old | Reelected | 1931 | 2022 | 1952 | Russian | Male |
| Ivan Kapitonov | Иван Капитонов | Old | Not | 1915 | 2002 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
| Andrei Kirilenko | Андре́й Кириле́нко | Old | Relieved | 1906 | 1990 | 1930 | Ukrainian | Male |
| Yegor Ligachyov | Егор Лигачёв | By-election | Reelected | 1920 | 2021 | 1944 | Russian | Male |
| Viktor Nikonov | Виктор Никонов | By-election | Reelected | 1929 | 1993 | 1954 | Russian | Male |
| Boris Ponomarev | Борис Пономарёв | Old | Not | 1905 | 1995 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
| Grigory Romanov | Григорий Романов | By-election | Relieved | 1923 | 2008 | 1944 | Russian | Male |
| Konstantin Rusakov | Константи́н Русако́в | Old | Relieved | 1909 | 1993 | 1943 | Russian | Male |
| Nikolai Ryzhkov | Николай Рыжков | By-election | Relieved | 1929 | 2024 | 1956 | Russian | Male |
| Mikhail Suslov | Михаил Суслов | Old | Died | 1902 | 1982 | 1921 | Russian | Male |
| Boris Yeltsin | Борис Ельцин | By-election | Relieved | 1931 | 2007 | 1961 | Russian | Male |
| Lev Zaykov | Лев Зайков | By-election | Reelected | 1923 | 2002 | 1957 | Russian | Male |
| Mikhail Zimyanin | Михаил Зимянин | Old | Reelected | 1914 | 1995 | 1939 | Belarusian | Male |