The Minsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, commonly referred to as the Minsk CPB obkom, was the highest authority in the Minsk Region of the Byelorussian SSR in the Soviet Union.

The position of First Secretary was created in 1938. The First Secretary was considered the de facto governor of the Minsk region. The First Secretary was appointed by the Politburo.

First Secretaries Name Term of Office Start End Alexander Matveev 1938 March 1941 AI Kolyshkin March 1941 June 26, 1941 Vasily Kozlov July 7, 1941 January 1948 Yevgeny Bugayov January 1948 1949 Vasily Chernyshov 1949 1950 Kirill Mazurov 1950 September 1953 Leonid Lubennikov September 1953 1955 Fedor Surganov 1955 August 1956 Vasily Shauro August 1956 1960 Sergei Pritytsky 1960 1962 (Industrial) Anton Nosilovsky January 1963 December 1964(Rural) Dmitry TyabutJanuary 1963December 1964Ivan PolyakovDecember 1964March 1977Vladimir MikulichMarch 1977March 29, 1985Anatoly MalofeyevMarch 29, 1985December 5, 1990Anatoly BychekDecember 5, 1990 August 25, 1991

See also Communist Party of Byelorussia Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

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