20th Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 20th Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 20th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 20th Congress.

20th–21st Presidium

19th Presidium ← → 22nd Presidium
Duration	27 February 1956 – 31 October 1961

20th Politburo (1956–1959)

Candidate members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Nuritdin Mukhitdinov (1917–2008) 27 February 1956 17 December 1957 1 year, 293 days Yekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Dmitri Shepilov (1905–1995) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Frol Kozlov (1908–1965) 14 February 1957 29 June 1957 135 days Jānis Kalnbērziņš (1893–1986) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Demyan Korotchenko (1894–1969) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 2 years, 310 days Kirill Mazurov (1914–1989) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902–1988) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Mikhail Pervukhin (1904–1978) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Pyotr Pospelov (1898–1979) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Nikolai Podgorny (1908–1983) 18 June 1958 4 May 1960 1 year, 321 days Dmitry Polyansky (1917–2001) 18 June 1958 4 May 1960 1 year, 321 days

Full members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975) 27 February 1956 5 February 1958 1 year, 343 days Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 5 years, 246 days Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Alexei Kirichenko (1908–1975) 27 February 1956 4 May 1960 4 years, 67 days Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 5 years, 246 days Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986) 27 February 1956 29 June 1957 1 year, 122 days Mikhail Pervukhin (1904–1978) 27 February 1956 27 February 1957 1 year, 0 days Maksim Saburov (1900–1977) 27 February 1956 27 February 1957 1 year, 0 days Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 5 years, 246 days Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) 27 February 1956 31 October 1961 5 years, 246 days Averky Aristov (1903–1973) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 2 years, 310 days Nikolay Belyaev (1903–1966) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 2 years, 310 days Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) 29 June 1957 29 October 1957 122 days Nikolay Ignatov (1901–1966) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 2 years, 310 days Frol Kozlov (1908–1965) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Otto Kuusinen (1881–1964) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Yekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974) 29 June 1957 4 May 1960 2 years, 310 days Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) 29 June 1957 31 October 1961 4 years, 124 days Nuritdin Mukhitdinov (1917–2008) 17 December 1957 31 October 1961 3 years, 318 days Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980) 4 May 1960 31 October 1961 1 year, 180 days Nikolai Podgorny (1908–1983) 4 May 1960 31 October 1961 1 year, 180 days Dmitry Polyansky (1917–2001) 4 May 1960 31 October 1961 1 year, 180 days

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