title: Politburo and Secretariat of the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
text: # Politburo and Secretariat of the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
  
  The Politburo and Secretariat of the 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) were elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the 8th Congress.
  
  ## 8th Politburo
  
  Candidate members :
  
  | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Duration |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  | Grigory Zinoviev (1883–1936) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  | Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  | Elena Stasova (1873–1966) | 4 July 1919 | 26 September 1919 | 84 days |
  
  Full members :
  
  | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Duration |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Lev Kamenev (1883–1936) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  | Nikolay Krestinsky (1883–1938) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  | Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  | Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  | Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days |
  
  ## 8th Secretariat
  
  | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nikolay Krestinsky (1886–1937) | 29 November 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 128 days | Elected Responsible Secretary, and to the Secretariat, at the 8th Plenary Session. |
  | Elena Stasova (1873–1966) | 25 March 1919 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 11 days | Elected Responsible Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session, and relieved of her duties at the 8th Plenary Session to become an ordinary member. |
  