Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

December 19, 1906 – November 10, 1982

Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, a tenure second in duration only to Joseph Stalin's. He also held office as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet head of state, from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.

Offices held

Oct 14, 1964 – Nov 10, 1982
Preceded by
Nikita Khrushchev
Succeeded by
Yuri Andropov

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Party membership

Timeline

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