25th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

25th Politburo
	24th Politburo ← → 26th Politburo
Duration	5 March 1976 – 3 March 1981

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

25th Politburo (1976–1981)

Candidate members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Pyotr Demichev (1917–2000)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Pyotr Masherov (1918–1980)	5 March 1976[1]	4 October 1980	4 years, 213 days
Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Sharof Rashidov (1917–1983)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Vasili Kuznetsov (1901–1990)	3 October 1977	3 March 1981	3 years, 151 days
Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985)	3 October 1977	27 November 1978	1 year, 55 days
Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997)	27 November 1978	27 November 1979	1 year, 0 days
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014)	27 November 1978	3 March 1981	2 years, 96 days
Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931)	27 November 1979	21 October 1980	329 days
Tikhon Kiselyov (1917–1983)	21 October 1980	3 March 1981	133 days

Full members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Yuri Andropov (1914–1984)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Andrei Grechko (1903–1976)	5 March 1976[1]	26 April 1976	52 days
Viktor Grishin (1914–1992)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980)	5 March 1976[1]	21 October 1980	4 years, 230 days
Fyodor Kulakov (1918–1978)	5 March 1976[1]	17 July 1978	2 years, 134 days
Dinmukhamed Konayev (1912–1993)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Kirill Mazurov (1914–1989)	5 March 1976[1]	27 November 1978	2 years, 267 days
Arvīds Pelše (1899–1983)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Nikolai Podgorny (1908–1983)	5 March 1976[1]	24 May 1977	1 year, 80 days
Grigory Romanov (1923–2008)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Dmitry Ustinov (1908–1984)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990)	5 March 1976[1]	3 March 1981	4 years, 363 days
Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985)	27 November 1978	3 March 1981	2 years, 96 days
Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997)	27 November 1979	3 March 1981	1 year, 96 days
Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931)	21 October 1980	3 March 1981	133 days

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