The Central Committee of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1956 until 1961. Its 133 (full voting) Members and 122 (non-voting) Candidate members were elected at the 20th Party Congress. It elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the 20th Presidium, the 20th Secretariat and the 20th Party Control Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Plenums The Central Committee was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions. 19 CC plenary sessions were held between the 20th Congress and the 22nd Congress. When the CC was not in session, decision-making power was vested in the internal bodies of the CC itself; that is, the Politburo and the Secretariat. None of these bodies were permanent either; typically they convened several times a month.

+ Plenary sessions of the Central Committee Plenum Date Length 1st Plenary Session 27 February 1956 1 day 2nd Plenary Session 20–24 December 1956 5 days 3rd Plenary Session 13–14 February 1957 2 days 4th Plenary Session 22–29 June 1957 8 days 5th Plenary Session 28–29 October 1957 2 days 6th Plenary Session 16–17 December 1957 2 days 7th Plenary Session 25–26 February 1958 2 days 8th Plenary Session 6–7 May 1958 2 days 9th Plenary Session 17–18 June 1958 2 days 10th Plenary Session 5 September 1958 1 day 11th Plenary Session 12 November 1958 1 day 12th Plenary Session 15–19 December 1958 5 days 13th Plenary Session 24–29 June 1959 6 days 14th Plenary Session 22–25 December 1959 4 days 15th Plenary Session 4 May 1960 1 day 16th Plenary Session 13–16 July 1960 4 days 17th Plenary Session 10–18 January 1961 9 days 18th Plenary Session 19 June 1961 1 day 19th Plenary Session 14 October 1961 1 day

Composition Members +Members of the Central Committee of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Name Cyrillic 19th CC 22nd CC Ethnicity Gender Па́вел Алфёров 1906 1971 1930 Russian Male Андре́й Андре́ев 1895 1971 1914 Russian Male Аверкий Аристов 1903 1973 1921 Belarusian Male Николай Авхимо́вич 1907 1988 1926 Belarusian Male Суха́н Баба́ев 1910 1995 1939 Turkmen Male Никола́й Байбако́в 1911 2008 1939 Russian Male Никола́й Беля́ев 1903 1966 1925 Russian Male Ива́н Бенеди́ктов 1902 1983 1930 Russian Male Борис Бещев 1903 1981 1927 Russian Male Никола́й Бобро́вников 1901 1991 1931 Russian Male Иван Бойцов 1896 1988 1919 Russian Male Дми́трий Бре́жнев 1905 1982 1926 Russian Male Леонид Брежнев 1906 1982 1931 Russian Male Николай Булганин 1895 1975 1917 Russian Male Василий Чернышёв 1908 1969 1928 Russian Male Абдурахман Даниялов 1908 1981 1928 Avar Male Пётр Дементьев 1907 1977 1938 Russian Male Георгий Денисов 1909 1996 1928 Russian Male Бори́с Дерю́гин 1916 1979 1939 Russian Male Павел Доро́нин 1909 1976 1927 Russian Male Николай Дудоров 1906 1977 1927 Russian Male Екатерина Фурцева 1910 1974 1930 Russian Female Антон Гаевой 1907 1962 1930 Ukrainian Male Бободжан Гафуров 1908 1977 1932 Tajik Male Фёдор Горячев 1905 1996 1927 Russian Male Иван Гри́шин 1911 1985 1931 Russian Male Ви́ктор Гри́шин 1914 1992 1939 Russian Male Андрей Громыко 1909 1989 1931 Belarusian Male Никола́й Игна́тов 1914 1967 1939 Russian Male Никола́й Игна́тов 1901 1966 1924 Russian Male Семён Игнатьев 1904 1983 1926 Ukrainian Male Гиви Джавахишвили 1912 1985 1941 Georgian Male Иван Кабанов 1897 1972 1917 Russian Male Йоха́ннес Кэ́бин 1905 1999 1927 Estonian Male Лазарь Каганович 1893 1991 1911 Russian Male Никифор Ка́льченко 1906 1989 1932 Ukrainian Male Ян Калнбе́рзинь 1893 1986 1917 Latvian Male Иван Капитонов 1915 2002 1939 Russian Male Никита Хрущёв 1894 1971 1918 Russian Male Алексей Хворостухин 1900 1985 1924 Ukrainian Male Алексе́й Кириче́нко 1908 1975 1930 Ukrainian Male Андре́й Кириле́нко 1906 1990 1930 Ukrainian Male Николай Киселёв 1903 1983 1925 Russian Male Василий Клименко 1906 1984 1906 Ukrainian Male Борис Кобелев 1915 1980 1940 Russian Male Евгений Колущинский 1902 1973 1927 Russian Male Иван Конев 1897 1973 1918 Russian Male Александр Корнейчук 1905 1972 1940 Ukrainian Male Демьян Коротченко 1894 1969 1918 Ukrainian Male Алексей Косыгин 1904 1980 1927 Russian Male Мария Ковригина 1910 1995 1931 Russian Female Фрол Козлов 1908 1965 1926 Russian Male Михаил Хруничев 1901 1961 1921 Russian Male Владимир Кучеренко 1909 1963 1942 Russian Male Дінмұхаммед Қонаев 1912 1993 1939 Kazakh Male Отто Куусинен 1881 1964 1918 Finn Male Василий Кузнецов 1901 1990 1927 Russian Male Алексей Ларионов 1909 1976 1929 Russian Male Алексей Ларионов 1907 1960 1927 Russian Male Иван Латунов 1906 1970 1930 Russian Male Леони́д Лубе́нников 1910 1980 1930 Russian Male Георги Маленков 1902 1988 1920 Russian Male Родио́н Малино́вский 1898 1967 1926 Ukrainian Male Вячеслав Малышев 1902 1957 1926 Russian Male Иван Марченко 1908 1972 1929 Russian Male Васи́лий Ма́рков 1905 1978 1923 Russian Male Владимир Мацкевич 1909 1998 1939 Ukrainian Male Кири́лл Ма́зуров 1914 1989 1940 Belarusian Male Николай Михайлов 1906 1982 1930 Russian Male Анаста́с Микоя́н 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male Марк Митин 1901 1987 1919 Ukrainian Male Вячеслав Молотов 1890 1986 1906 Russian Male Кирилл Москаленко 1902 1985 1926 Ukrainian Male Василий Москвин 1910 1969 1932 Russian Male Нуритди́н Мухитди́нов 1917 2008 1942 Uzbek Male Зиннят Муратов 1906 1988 1930 Tatar Male Имам Мустафаев 1910 1997 1940 Azerbaijani Male Василий Мжаванадзе 1902 1988 1927 Georgian Male Ядгар Насриддинова 1920 2006 1942 Uzbek Female Николай Органов 1901 1982 1925 Russian Male Анна Панкратова 1897 1957 1919 Ukrainian Female Николай Патоличев 1908 1989 1928 Russian Male Николай Пегов 1905 1991 1930 Russian Male Михаил Первухин 1904 1978 1919 Russian Male Константин Петухов 1914 1981 1940 Ukrainian Male Никола́й Подго́рный 1903 1983 1930 Ukrainian Male Дми́трий Поля́нский 1917 2001 1939 Ukrainian Male Пантелеймон Пономаренко 1902 1984 1925 Ukrainian Male Борис Пономарёв 1905 1995 1919 Russian Male Пётр Поспелов 1898 1979 1916 Russian Male Василий Прокофьев 1906 1996 1929 Russian Male Александр Пузанов 1906 1998 1925 Russian Male Константин Пысин 1910 1987 1925 Russian Male Садых Рагимов 1914 1974 1941 Azerbaijani Male Садых Рагимов 1910 1979 1940 Kyrgyz Male Алексей Румянцев 1905 1993 1940 Russian Male Макси́м Сабу́ров 1900 1977 1920 Russian Male Зиновий Сердюк 1903 1982 1925 Ukrainian Male Иван Серов 1905 1990 1926 Russian Male Алекса́ндр Шеле́пин 1918 1994 1940 Russian Male Дми́трий Шепи́лов 1905 1995 1926 Russian Male Алексей Шко́льников 1914 2003 1940 Russian Male Алексей Шко́льников 1907 1964 1929 Belarusian Male Никола́й Шве́рник 1888 1970 1905 Russian Male Антанас Снечкус 1903 1974 1920 Lithuanian Male Василий Соколовский 1897 1968 1931 Belarusian Male Василий Соколовский 1903 1971 1921 Ukrainian Male Алекса́ндр Стру́ев 1906 1991 1927 Russian Male Михаил Суслов 1902 1982 1921 Russian Male Виктор Суслов 1910 1969 1939 Russian Male Иван Тевосян 1902 1958 1918 Armenian Male Сергей Тихомиров 1905 1982 1939 Russian Male Фёдор Титов 1910 1989 1930 Tatar Male Виталий Титов 1907 1980 1938 Ukrainian Male Суре́н Товмася́н 1909 1980 1930 Armenian Male Дми́трий Усти́нов 1908 1984 1927 Russian Male Борис Ванников 1897 1962 1919 Russian Male Александр Василевский 1895 1977 1938 Russian Male Александр Волков 1910 1990 1931 Russian Male Геннадий Воронов 1910 1994 1931 Russian Male Климент Ворошилов 1881 1969 1903 Russian Male Иван Яковлев 1901 1966 1928 Russian Male Михаил Яснов 1906 1991 1925 Russian Male Леонид Ефремов 1912 2007 1941 Russian Male Михаил Ефремов 1911 2000 1931 Russian Male Георгий Енютин 1903 1969 1924 Russian Male Павел Юдин 1899 1968 1918 Russian Male Александр Задеми́дко 1908 2001 1930 Ukrainian Male Авраамий Завенягин 1901 1956 1917 Russian Male Ива́н Жега́лин 1906 1984 1926 Russian Male Георгий Жуков 1896 1974 1919 Russian Male Арсений Зверев 1900 1969 1919 Russian Male

Candidates