Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

27th Politburo

26th Politburo ← →  28th Politburo
Duration	6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990

The Politburo of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1986 to 1990.

Composition

Members

Members of the Political Bureau of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Name	Cyrillic	26th POL	28th POL	Birth	Death	PM	Ethnicity	Gender
Heydar Aliyev	Гейда́р Али́ев	Old	Relieved	1923	2003	1945	Azerbaijani	Male
Viktor Chebrikov	Виктор Чéбриков	Old	Relieved	1923	1999	1950	Ukrainian	Male
Mikhail Gorbachev	Михаил Горбачёв	Old	Reelected	1931	2022	1952	Russian	Male
Andrei Gromyko	Андрей Громыко	Old	Relieved	1909	1989	1931	Belarusian	Male
Vladimir Ivashko	Владимир Ивашко	By-election	Reelected	1932	1994	1960	Ukrainian	Male
Vasily Kryuchkov	Василий Крючков	By-election	Not	1928	2017	1949	Russian	Male
Dinmukhamed Kunaev	Дінмұхаммед Қонаев	Old	Relieved	1912	1993	1939	Kazakh	Male
Yegor Ligachyov	Егор Лигачёв	Old	Not	1920	2021	1944	Russian	Male
Yuri Maslyukov	Юрий Маслюков	Promoted	Not	1937	2010	1966	Russian	Male
Vadim Medvedev	Вадим Медведев	By-election	Not	1929	Alive	1952	Russian	Male
Viktor Nikonov	Виктор Никонов	By-election	Relieved	1929	1993	1954	Russian	Male
Nikolai Ryzhkov	Николай Рыжков	Old	Not	1929	Alive	1956	Russian	Male
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky	Влади́мир Щерби́цкий	Old	Relieved	1918	1990	1948	Ukrainian	Male
Eduard Shevardnadze	Эдуард Шеварднадзе	Old	Not	1928	2014	1936	Georgian	Male
Nikolay Slyunkov	Никола́й Слюнько́в	Promoted	Not	1929	2022	1954	Belarusian	Male
Mikhail Solomentsev	Михаи́л Соло́менцев	Old	Relieved	1913	2008	1940	Russian	Male
Vitaly Vorotnikov	Вита́лий Воротнико́в	Old	Not	1926	2012	1950	Russian	Male
Alexander Yakovlev	Алекса́ндр Я́ковлев	By-election	Not	1923	2005	1944	Russian	Male
Lev Zaykov	Лев Зайков	New	Not	1923	2002	1957	Russian	Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Political Bureau of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Name	Cyrillic	26th POL	28th POL	Birth	Death	PM	Ethnicity	Gender
Aleksandra Biryukova	Александра Бирюкова	By-election	Not	1929	2008	1956	Russian	Female
Pyotr Demichev	Пётр Де́мичев	Candidate	Relieved	1917	2010	1939	Russian	Male
Vladimir Dolgikh	Владимир Долгих	Candidate	Relieved	1924	2020	1942	Russian	Male
Anatoly Lukyanov	Анатолий Лукьянов	By-election	Not	1930	2019	1953	Russian	Male
Yuri Maslyukov	Юрий Маслюков	By-election	Promoted	1937	2010	1966	Russian	Male
Yevgeny Primakov	Евгений Примаков	By-election	Not	1929	2015	1959	Russian	Male
Boris Pugo	Борис Пуго	By-election	Not	1937	1991	1963	Latvian	Male
Georgy Razumovsky	Гео́ргий Разумо́вский	By-election	Not	1936	Alive	1961	Russian	Male
Nikolay Slyunkov	Никола́й Слюнько́в	New	Promoted	1929	2022	1954	Belarusian	Male
Sergey Sokolov	Серге́й Соколо́в	Candidate	Relieved	1911	2012	1937	Russian	Male
Yuri Solovyev	Михаи́л Соло́менцев	New	Relieved	1925	2011	1955	Russian	Male
Nikolai Talyzin	Никола́й Талы́зин	Candidate	Relieved	1929	1991	1960	Russian	Male
Aleksandr Vlasov	Александр Власов	By-election	Not	1932	2002	1956	Russian	Male
Dmitry Yazov	Дми́трий Я́зов	By-election	Not	1924	2020	1944	Russian	Male
Boris Yeltsin	Борис Ельцин	Candidate	Relieved	1931	2007	1961	Russian	Male