25th Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 25th Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 25th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 25th Congress.

List of members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982)	5 March 1976	3 March 1981		Elected General Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session of the 25th Central Committee.
Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985)	5 March 1976	3 March 1981		—
Vladimir Dolgikh (born 1924)	5 March 1976	3 March 1981		—
Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931)	27 November 1978	3 March 1981		Elected to the 25th Secretariat at the 7th Plenary Session of the 25th Central Committee.
Ivan Kapitonov (1915–2002)	5 March 1976	3 March 1981		—
Konstantin Katushev (1927–2010)	5 March 1976	24 May 1977		Resigned at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee.
Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990)	5 March 1976	3 March 1981		—
Fyodor Kulakov (1918–1978)	5 March 1976	17 July 1978		Died in a car accident.
Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995)	5 March 1976	3 March 1981		—
Yakov Ryabov (born 1928)	26 October 1976	3 March 1981		Elected at the 2nd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee.
Konstantin Rusakov (1903–1993)	24 May 1977	3 March 1981		Elected at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee.
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)	5 March 1976	3 March 1981		—
Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984)	5 March 1976	26 October 1976		Resigned at the 2nd Plenary Session of the 26th Central Committee.
Mikhail Zimyanin (1914–1995)	5 March 1976	26 October 1976		—