General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (through Yuri Andropov)

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The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the highest leadership post in the Soviet state, serving as the de facto head of government and the most powerful political position in the USSR.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position
political office
associatedIdeology Marxism–Leninism
communism
controls Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
deFactoPower supreme authority over party and state
firstOfficeHolder Vladimir Lenin
hierarchicalPosition highest office in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
influences Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
jurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
nativeName Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС
nativeNameLanguage Russian
notableOfficeHolder Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Andropov
officeHolder Joseph Stalin
Konstantin Chernenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Yuri Andropov
officeHolderThroughYuriAndropov Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Yuri Andropov
politicalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
politicalSystemContext one‑party socialist state
powerBasis control of the Communist Party apparatus
leadership of the Politburo
relatedOffice Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
President of the Soviet Union
role de facto leader of the Soviet Union
head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
most powerful political position in the USSR
selectionMethod elected by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
shortName General Secretary of the CPSU
symbolOf party leadership in the USSR
typicalResidence Moscow

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Tatyana Andropova spousePositionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (through Yuri Andropov)