Andrei Kirilenko (politician)

Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Павлович Кириленко; Russian: Андре́й Па́влович Кириле́нко; 8 September [O.S. 26 August] 1906 – 12 May 1990) was a Soviet politician, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was one of the most loyal politicians to Leonid Brezhnev.

Andrei Kirilenko
Андрей Кириленко
Senior Secretary of Cadres of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
8 April 1966 – 5 March 1976
Preceded byAlexander Shelepin
Succeeded byKonstantin Chernenko
First Secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee
In office
June 1950 – December 1955
Preceded byLeonid Brezhnev
Succeeded byVolodymyr Shcherbytsky
Personal details
Born(1906-09-08)8 September 1906
Alexeyevka, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Died12 May 1990(1990-05-12) (aged 83)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1930–1990)
ProfessionDesign and aircraft engineer, electrician, civil servant
Central institution membership
  • 1966–1982: Member of the 23rd, 24th, 25th & 26th Secretariat
  • 1962–1982: Member of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th & 26th Politburo
  • 1957–1961: Candidate member of the 19th Politburo
Other political offices held
  • 1947–1950: First Secretary of the Mykolaiv Regional Committee
  • 1955–1962: First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee

His role in the CPSU was to ensure Brezhnev's power base and, if possible, to strengthen Brezhnev's position within the party. In order to accomplish this task, he emerged as one of the leading figures in the Secretariat under Brezhnev's rule.

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