23rd Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 23rd Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 23rd Central Committee in the aftermath of the 23rd Congress.

List of members

Rank	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
1	Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		Elected General Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session.
7	Yuri Andropov (1914–1984)	8 April 1966	21 June 1967		Resigned from his seat at the 5th Plenary Session.
5	Pyotr Demichev (1918–2000)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		—
9	Ivan Kapitonov (1915–2002)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		—
10	Konstantin Katushev (1927–2010)	10 April 1968	9 April 1971		—
4	Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		—
11	Fyodor Kulakov (1918–1978)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		—
8	Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		—
12	Aleksandr Rudakov (1910–1966)	8 April 1966	10 June 1966		Died after a prolonged battle with illness.
3	Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994)	13 December 1966	26 September 1967		Elected at the 3rd Plenary Session.
13	Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008)	13 December 1966	9 April 1971		Elected at the 4th Plenary Session.
2	Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		—
6	Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984)	8 April 1966	9 April 1971		—