18th_Secretariat_of_the_All-Union_Communist_Party_(Bolsheviks)

Secretariat of the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

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The 18th Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 18th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 18th Congress, held in 1939.

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Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)	22 April 1939	14 October 1952	13 years, 175 days	—
Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971)	22 April 1939	18 March 1946	6 years, 330 days	—
Alexey Kuznetsov (1905–1950)	18 March 1946	28 January 1949	9 years, 281 days	The official explanation for his removal was that he was being "reassigned".
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948)	22 April 1939	31 August 1947	9 years, 131 days	Died in office of natural causes.
Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988)	22 April 1939	6 May 1946	7 years, 14 days	Removed on Stalin's orders.
Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988)	1 July 1948	14 October 1952	4 years, 105 days	Reelected to the Secretariat at Stalin's proposal.
Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971)	16 December 1949	14 October 1952	13 years, 175 days	—
Nikolay Patolichev (1908–1989)	5 June 1946	24 May 1947	2 years, 87 days	—
Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902–1984)	1 July 1948	14 October 1952	4 years, 105 days	—
Georgy Popov (1906–1968)	18 March 1946	16 December 1949	10 years, 238 days	—
Alexander Shcherbakov (1901–1945)	5 May 1941	10 May 1945	6 years, 18 days	Elected to the Secretariat at the 6th Plenary Session, but died of natural causes during his tenure.
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)	24 May 1947	14 October 1952	5 years, 112 days	—

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