Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The First Secretary of the Kabardino–Balkarian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Kabardino-Balkarian AO (1921–1936), Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR (1936–1944, 1957–1991) and the Kabardin ASSR (1944–1957) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in 1921, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Kabardino–Balkar Communist Party

Name	Term of Office		Life years
Name	Start	End	Life years
First Secretaries of the Communist Party
Boleslav Pavlovich	1921	March 1923
Stepan Mikhaylov	March 1923	April 1924
Pavel Leshchynski	April 1924	May 1925	1895–1938
Ivan Borovitsky	May 1925	July 1928	1894–?
I.I. Povalyukhin	July 1928	September 1928
V.M. Dulin	October 1928	March 1929
Kazgeri Maksidov	March 1929	May 1929	1893–1937
Fyodorov	May 1929	January 1930
Sevastyanov	February 1930	May 1930
Betal Kalmykov	May 1930	November 13, 1938	1893–1940
Aleksandr Kudryavtsev	November 13, 1938	December 1939	1906–?
Zuber Kumekhov	December 1939	April 10, 1944	1910–1988
Nikolay Mazin	April 10, 1944	May 1949	1909–?
Vasily Babich	May 1949	November 1956	1912–1988
Timbora Malbakhov	November 1956	October 19, 1985	1917–1999
Yevgeny Yeliseyev	October 19, 1985	February 21, 1990	1936–
Valery Kokov	February 21, 1990	September 1, 1990	1941–2005
Boris Zumakulov	September 1, 1990	August 1991	1940–