General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1991)

This list was compiled and edited by Linda RICHTER.

Source:
Mastny, Vojtech and Malcolm Byrne, eds. A Cardboard Castle? An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact 1955-1991. Budapest: CEU Press, 2005.

Name
In office from
In office until
Nikita S. KHRUSHCHEV
1953
1964
Leonid I. BREZHNEV
1964
1982
Iurii V. ANDROPOV
1982
1984
Konstantin U. CHERNENKO
1984
1985
Mikhail S. GORBACHEV
1985
1991


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