The following is a list of members of the Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) in the 1940s.
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office (Voting) |
Term of office (non-Voting) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took off. | Left off. | Duration | Took off. | Left off. | Duration | |||
| Andreyev, Andrey (30 October 1985–5 December 1971) |
4 February 1932 |
16 October 1952 |
20 years, 255 days | — | — | — | ||
| Beria, Lavrentiy (29 March 1899–23 December 1953) |
18 March 1946 |
7 July 1953 |
7 years, 111 days | 22 March 1939 |
18 March 1946 |
6 years, 361 days | ||
| Bulganin, Nikolai (19 January 1903–28 October 1966) |
18 February 1948 |
5 September 1958 |
10 years, 199 days | 18 March 1946 |
18 February 1948 |
1 year, 337 days | ||
| Kaganovich, Lazar (22 November 1893–25 July 1991) |
30 July 1930 |
29 June 1957 |
26 years, 334 days | — | — | — | ||
| Kalinin, Mikhail (19 November 1875–3 June 1946) |
1 January 1926 |
3 June 1946 |
20 years, 153 days | — | — | — | ||
| Khrushchev, Nikita (15 April 1894–11 September 1971) |
22 March 1939 |
14 October 1964 |
25 years, 206 days | — | — | — | ||
| Kosygin, Alexei (20 February 1904–18 December 1980) |
4 September 1948 |
16 October 1952 |
4 years, 42 days | 18 March 1946 |
4 September 1948 |
2 years, 170 days | ||
| Malenkov, Georgy (8 January 1902–14 January 1988) |
18 March 1946 |
29 June 1957 |
11 years, 103 days | 21 February 1941 |
18 March 1946 |
5 years, 25 days | ||
| Mikoyan, Anastas (13 November 1895–21 October 1978) |
1 February 1935 |
8 April 1966 |
31 years, 66 days | — | — | — | ||
| Molotov, Vyacheslav (9 March 1890–8 November 1986) |
1 January 1926 |
29 June 1957 |
4 years, 124 days | — | — | — | ||
| Shcherbakov, Alexander (1901–10 May 1945) |
— | — | — | 21 February 1941 |
10 May 1945 |
4 years, 124 days | ||
| Shvernik, Nikolay (19 May 1888–24 December 1970) |
— | — | — | 22 March 1939 |
16 October 1952 |
13 years, 208 days | ||
| Stalin, Joseph (18 December 1878–5 March 1953) |
25 March 1919 |
5 March 1953 |
33 years, 345 days | — | — | — | ||
| Voroshilov, Kliment (23 January 1881–2 December 1969) |
1 January 1926 |
16 July 1960 |
34 years, 197 days | — | — | — | ||
| Voznesensky, Nikolai (1903–1 October 1950) |
28 February 1947 |
7 March 1949 |
2 years, 7 days | 21 February 1941 |
28 February 1947 |
6 years, 7 days | ||
| Zhdanov, Andrei (26 February 1896–31 August 1946) |
22 March 1939 |
31 August 1948 |
9 years, 162 days | 1 February 1935 |
22 March 1939 |
4 years, 49 days | ||