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The 18th Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 18th Central Committee following the 18th Congress, of the Communist Party, held in March 1939. The Congress took place during a critical period of pre-World War II tensions, with the Soviet leadership consolidating its control under General Secretary Joseph Stalin. Delegates at the Congress discussed economic policies, including the ongoing implementation of five-year plans, and affirmed the party's priorities in the face of growing international uncertainty. The Secretariat, as a key administrative body, played an instrumental role in overseeing the implementation of party directives during this time.
List of members
| 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. |
| 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 | — |
References
- Getty, J. Arch; Naumov, Oleg V. (1999). The road to terror: Stalin and the self-destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939. Annals of communism. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07772-8.
- Mccauley, Martin (4 February 2014). "The Soviet Union 1917-1991". doi:10.4324/9781315846743.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Service, Robert (2005). Stalin: a biography. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01697-2. OCLC 57001809.
- Brooks, Jeff (1 March 2007). "Stalin: A Biography. By Robert Service. (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005. Pp. xi, 715. $29.95.)". The Historian. 69 (1): 167–168. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2007.00175_62.x. ISSN 0018-2370.
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