Andrei Kirilenko (politician)

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 by	Alexander Shelepin
Succeeded by	Konstantin Chernenko
First Secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee
In office June 1950 – December 1955
Preceded by	Leonid Brezhnev
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
Personal details
Born	(1906-09-08)8 September 1906 Alexeyevka, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	12 May 1990(1990-05-12) (aged 83) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1930–1990)
Profession	Design[1] and aircraft engineer, electrician,[2] 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

Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Павлович Кириленко; Russian: Андре́й Па́влович Кириле́нко, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə]; 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.

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.