22nd Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 22nd Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 22nd Central Committee in the aftermath of the 22nd Congress.

List of members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971)	31 October 1961	14 October 1964		Elected First Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session, and relieved of his duties at the 9th Plenary Session.
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982)	21 June 1963	8 April 1966		Elected to the Secretariat at the 5th Plenary Session, and was elected First Secretary at the 9th Plenary Session.
Yuri Andropov (1914–1984)	23 November 1962	8 April 1966		Elected at the 4th Plenary Session.
Pyotr Demichev (1918–2000)	31 October 1961	8 April 1966		—
Leonid Ilyichev (1906–1990)	31 October 1961	26 March 1965		Relieved of his duties at the 11th Plenary Session.
Ivan Kapitonov (1915–2002)	6 December 1965	8 April 1966		Elected at the 13th Plenary Session.
Frol Kozlov (1908–1965)	31 October 1961	16 November 1964		Relieved of his duties at the 10th Plenary Session.
Fyodor Kulakov (1918–1978)	29 September 1965	8 April 1966		Elected at the 12th Plenary Session.
Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881–1964)	31 October 1961	8 April 1966		—
Nikolai Podgorny (1881–1964)	21 June 1963	12 June 1965		Elected at the 5th Plenary Session, and relieved of his duties at the 13th Plenary Session.
Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995)	31 October 1961	8 April 1966		—
Vasily Polyakov (1913–2003)	23 November 1962	16 November 1964		Elected at the 4th Plenary Session, and relieved of his duties at the 10th Plenary Session.
Aleksandr Rudakov (1910–1966)	23 November 1962	8 April 1966		Elected at the 4th Plenary Session.
Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994)	31 October 1961	8 April 1966		—
Ivan Spiridonov (1905–1991)	31 October 1961	23 April 1962		Relieved of his duties at the 3rd Plenary Session.
Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)	31 October 1961	8 April 1966		—
Vitaly Titov (1907–1980)	31 October 1961	29 September 1965		Relieved of his duties at the 12th Plenary Session.
Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984)	26 March 1965	8 April 1966		Elected at the 11th Plenary Session.