Central Committee elected by the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

• 1st Plenary Session (27 February 1956)
• 2nd Plenary Session (20–24 December 1956)
• 3rd Plenary Session (13–14 February 1957)
• 4th Plenary Session (22–29 June 1957)
• 5th Plenary Session (28–29 October 1957)
• 6th Plenary Session (16–17 December 1957)
• 7th Plenary Session (25–26 February 1958)
• 8th Plenary Session (6–7 May 1958)
• 9th Plenary Session (17–18 June 1958)
• 10th Plenary Session (5 September 1958)

• 11th Plenary Session (12 November 1958)
• 12th Plenary Session (15–19 December 1958)
• 13th Plenary Session (24–29 June 1959)
• 14th Plenary Session (22–25 December 1959)
• 15th Plenary Session (4 May 1960)
• 16th Plenary Session (13–16 July 1960)
• 17th Plenary Session (10–18 January 1961)
• 18th Plenary Session (19 June 1961)
• 19th Plenary Session (14 October 1961)

Regular members

• Nikolay Avkhimovich (1907–1988)
• Pavel Alforov (1906–1971)
• Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971)
• Averky Aristov (1903–1973)
• Sukhan Babayev (1910–1995)
• Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896–1956)
• Nikolai Baibakov (1911–2008)
• Nikolai Belyaev (1903–1966)
• Ivan Benediktov (1902–1983)
• Boris Beschev (1903–1981)
• Ivan Bobrovnikov (1901–1991)
• Ivan Boytsov (1896–1988)
• Dmitry Brezhnev (1905–1982)
• Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982)
• Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975)
• Boris Vannikov (1897–1962)
• Alexander Vasilevsky (1895–1977)
• Alexander Volkov (1910–1990)
• Gennady Voronov (1910–1994)
• Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969)
• Anton Gayevoy (1907–1962)
• Bobojon Ghafurov (1908–1977)
• Fodor Goryachev (1905–1996)
• Viktor Grishin (1914–1992)
• Ivan Grishin (1911–1985)
• Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989)
• Daniyalov Daniyalovich (1908–1981)
• Pyotr Dementev (1907–1977)
• Georgy Denisov (1909–1996)
• Boris Deryugin (1916–1979)
• Givi Javakhishvili (1912–1985)
• Pavel Doronin (1909–1976)
• Nikolay Dudorov (1906–1977)
• Georgy Yenyutin (1903–1969)
• Leonid Efremov (1912–2007)
• Mikhail Yefremov (1911–2000)
• Ivan Zhegalin (1906–1984)
• Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974)
• Avraami Zavenyagin (1901–1956)
• Alexander Zademidko (1908–2001)
• Arseny Zverev (1900–1969)
• Nikolai Ignatov (1901–1966)
• Nikolai F. Ignatov (1914–1967)
• Semyon Ignatyev (1904–1983)
• Ivan Kabanov (1897–1972)
• Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991)
• Yan Kalnberzin (1893–1986)
• Nikifor Kalchenko (1906–1989)
• Ivan Kapitonov (1915–2002)
• Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990)
• Alexei Kirichenko (1908–1975)
• Nikolay Kiselev (1903–1983)
• Vasily Klimenko (1906–1984)
• Boris Kobelev (1915–1980)
• Maria Kovrigina (1910–1995)
• Frol Kozlov (1908–1965)
• Yevgeny Kolushchinsky (1902–1973)
• Ivan Konev (1897–1973)
• Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972)
• Demyan Korotchenko (1894–1969)
• Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980)
• Vasily Kuznetsov (1901–1990)
• Dinmukhamed Konayev (1912–1993)
• Otto Wilhelm Kuusinen (1881–1964)
• Vladimir Kucherenko (1909–1963)
• Ivan Kebin (1905–1999)
• Aleksey Larionov (1907–1960)
• Nikolay Laptev (1909–1976)
• Ivan Latunov (1906–1970)
• Leonid Lubennikov (1910–1988)
• Kirill Mazurov (1914–1989)
• Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988)
• Rodion Malinovsky (1898–1967)
• Vyacheslav Malyshev (1902–1957)
• Vasily Markov (1905–1978)
• Ivan Marchenko (1908–1972)
• Vladimir Matskevich (1909–1998)
• Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902–1988)
• Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978)
• Mark Mitin (1901–1987)
• Nikolay Mikhailov (1906–1982)
• Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986)
• Kirill Moskalenko (1902–1985)
• Vasily Moskvin (1910–1969)
• Zinnyat Muratov (1906–1988)
• Imam Mustafayev (1910–1997)
• Nuritdin Mukhitdinov (1917–2008)
• Yadgar Nasriddinova (1920–2006)
• Nikolay Organov (1901–1982)
• Anna Pankratova (1897–1957)
• Nikolai Patolichev (1908–1989)
• Nikolai Pegov (1905–1991)
• Mikhail Pervukhin (1904–1978)
• Konstantin Petukhov (1914–1981)
• Nikolai Podgorny (1903–1983)
• Dmitry Polyansky (1917–2001)
• Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902–1984)
• Boris Ponomarev (1905–1995)
• Pyotr Pospelov (1898–1979)
• Vasily Prokofiev (1906–1996)
• Alexander Puzanov (1906–1998)
• Konstantin Pysin (1910–1984)
• Sadig Rahimov (1914–1975)
• Iskhak Razzakov (1910–1979)
• Aleksey Rumyantsev (1905–1993)
• Maksim Saburov (1900–1977)
• Zinovie Serdiuk (1903–1982)
• Ivan Serov (1905–1990)
• Antanas Sniečkus (1903–1974)
• Vasily Sokolovsky (1897–1968)
• Mikhail Stakhurskii (1903–1971)
• Aleksandr Struyev (1906–1991)
• Viktor Suslov (1910–1969)
• Mikhail Suslov (1902–1982)
• Ivan Tevosian (1902–1958)
• Vitaly Titov (1907–1980)
• Fedor Titov (1910–1989)
• Sergey Tikhomirov (1905–1982)
• Suren Tovmasyan (1909–1982)
• Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984)
• Yekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974)
• Aleksey Khvorostukhin (1900–1985)
• Mikhail Khrunichev (1901–1961)
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971)
• Vasily Chernyshov (1908–1969)
• Nikolai Shvernik (1888–1970)
• Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994)
• Dmitri Shepilov (1905–1995)
• Aleksey Shkolnikov (1914–2003)
• Terenty Shtykov (1907–1964)
• Pavel Yudin (1899–1968)
• Ivan Yakovlev (1910–1999)
• Mikhail Yasnov (1906–1991)

Candidates

• Nadezhda Andreyeva (1903–unknown)
• Ivan Bagramyan (1897–1982)
• Sergey Biryuzov (1904–1964)
• Simon Borisov (1911–1999)
• Nikita Bubnovsky (1907–unknown)
• Semyon Budyonny (1883–1973)
• Sergei Butuzov (1909–1967)
• Feodosiy Voronov (1904–1975)
• Ivan Ganenko (1903–1995)
• Georgy Glebovsky (1912–1958)
• Alexander Gorbatov (1891–1973)
• Sergei Gorshkov (1910–1988)
• Andrei Grechko (1903–1976)
• Mikhail Grechukha (1902–1976)
• Konstantin Grishin (1902–1976)
• Grigory Grishko (1906–1959)
• Evgeny Gromov (1909–1981)
• Nikolai Gureev (1907–1978)
• Nikolay Dygay (1908–1963)
• Mikhail Yevseyenko (1908–1985)
• Vyacheslav Elyutin (1907–1993)
• Aleksey Epishev (1908–1985)
• Andrei Eremenko (1892–1970)
• Vasily Zhavoronkov (1906–1987)
• Pavel Zhigarev (1900–1963)
• Dmitry Zhimerin (1906–1995)
• Konstantin Zhukov (1906–1988)
• Nikolay Zhurin (1908–1988)
• Vasily Zakurdayev (1903–1974)
• Ivan Zamchevsky (1909–1979)
• Georgy Zarubin (1900–1958)
• Grigory Zolotukhin (1911–1988)
• Valerian Zorin (1902–1988)
• Valery Zotov (1899–1977)
• Olga Ivashchenko (1906–1990)
• Semon Islyukov (1915–1998)
• Alexander Ishkov (1905–1998)
• Ivan Kazanets (1918–2013)
• Valery Kalmyks (1908–1974)
• Mikhail Kanunnikov (1902–1984)
• Vladimir Karasov (1900–1967)
• Aleksandr Klimov (1914–1979)
• Konstantin Koval (1908–unknown)
• Aleksey Kozlov (1904–1992)
• Vasily Kozlov (1903–1967)
• Pavel Komarov (1898–1983)
• Vasily Komyahov (1911–1966)
• Fodor Konstantinov (1901–1991)
• Leonid Korniyets (1901–1969)
• Vasily Kosov (1910–1996)
• Anatoly Kostousov (1906–1985)
• Mikhail Krakhmalov (1914–1977)
• Pavel Kumykin (1901–1976)
• Vilis Lācis (1904–1966)
• Ivan Likhachov (1896–1956)
• Pavel Lobanov (1902–1984)
• Savely Loginov (1913–1960)
• Pyotr Lomako (1904–1990)
• Konstantin Lunov (1907–1980)
• Alexander Luchinsky (1900–1997)
• Lydia Lykova (born 1913)
• Yuri Maksarov (1903–1982)
• Yakov Malik (1906–1980)
• Leonid Melnikov (1906–1981)
• Roman Melnikov (1908–1988)
• Mikhail Menshikov (1902–1976)
• Vladimir Mylarshchikov (1911–1977)
• Alexey Myurisep (1902–1970)
• Leonty Naydek (1907–1992)
• Mitrofan Nedelin (1902–1960)
• Olga Nefodova (1907–unknown)
• Pyotr Niktin (1909–1959)
• Ivan Nosenko (1902–1956)
• Georgy Orlov (1903–1991)
• Kirill Orlovsky (1895–1968)
• Konstantin Ostrovityanov (1892–1969)
• Dmitry Pavlov} (1905–1991)
• Justas Paleckis (1899–1980)
• Aleksandr Petukhov (1914–1974)
• Stepan Pylypets (1913–1989)
• Nina Popova (1908–1995)
• Sergey Postovalov (1907–1983)
• Alexander Pchelyakov (1908–1978)
• Davyd Rayzer (1904–1962)
• Sharof Rashidov (1917–1983)
• Aleksandr Rudakov (1910–1966)
• Roman Rudenko (1907–1981)
• Gherasim Rudi (1907–1982)
• Vasily Ryabykov (1907–1974)
• Vladimir Semichastny (1924–2001)
• Ivan Senin (1903–1981)
• Gennady Sizov (1903–1991)
• Pyotr Sinyagovsky (1906–1996)
• Ivan Skidadenko (1898–1985)
• Igor Skulkov (1913–1971)
• Nikolay Smirnov (1906–1962)
• Tikhon Sokolov (1913–1992)
• Leonid Solovyov (1906–1993)
• Sergey Stepanov (1903–1976)
• Nikolay Strokin (1906–1972)
• Fodor Surganov (1911–1976)
• Aleksey Surkov (1899–1983)
• Mikhail Tarasov (1899–1970)
• Zhumabek Tashenev (1915–1986)
• Semyon Timoshenko (1895–1970)
• Salchak Toka (1901–1973)
• Alexander Tromifov (1903–1980)
• Zoya Tumanova (1922–2000)
• Ivan Tur (1905–1965)
• Alexander Fadayev (1901–1956)
• Nikolay Firyubin (1908–1983)
• Leonid Florentyev (1911–2003)
• Aleksandr Khakhalov (1909–1979)
• Pyotr Cheplakov (1906–1985)
• Miron Chubinidze (1905–unknown)
• Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982)
• Viktor Churayev (1904–1982)
• Zosima Shashkov (1905–1984)
• Aleksandr Sheremetyev (1901–1985)
• Motiejus Šumauskas (1905–1982)
• Pavel A. Yudin (1902–1956)
• Tikhon Yurkin (1898–1986)