| # | Name | Image | Took Office | Left Office | General Secretary of the Communist Party of Soviet Union |
|---|
Chairman of the Central Committee
{{small|1921}} |
| 1 | Soliin Danzan | 3 March 1921 | 21 September 1921 | Joseph Stalin |
| - | Dogsomyn Bodoo
(acting) | 21 September 1921 | 22 November 1921 | Joseph Stalin |
Secretary of the Central Committee
{{small|1921–1923}} |
| 2 | Tseren-Ochiryn Dambadorj | 22 November 1921 | 12 January 1923 | Joseph Stalin |
Chairman of the Central Committee
{{small|1923–1928}} |
| 3 | Ajvaagiin Danzan | 12 January 1923 | 31 August 1924 | Joseph Stalin |
| 4 | Tseren-Ochiryn Dambadorj | 31 August 1924 | 27 October 1928 | Joseph Stalin |
First Secretary of the Central Committee
{{small|1928–1940}} |
| 5 | Ölziin Badrakh | 28 October 1928 | 30 January 1929 | Joseph Stalin |
| 6 | Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir | 30 January 1929 | 13 March 1930 | Joseph Stalin |
| 7 | Peljidiin Genden | 13 March 1930 | 13 March 1931 | Joseph Stalin |
| 8 | Zolbingiin Shijee | 13 March 1931 | 30 June 1932 | Joseph Stalin |
| 9 | Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir | 30 June 1932 | 30 July 1932 | Joseph Stalin |
| 10 | Jambyn Lkhümbe | 30 July 1932 | 30 June 1933 | Joseph Stalin |
| 11 | Dorjjavyn Luvsansharav | 30 June 1933 | 5 October 1934 | Joseph Stalin |
| 12 | Khas-Ochiryn Luvsandorj | 5 October 1934 | 15 August 1936 | Joseph Stalin |
| 13 | Banzarjavyn Baasanjav | 15 August 1936 | 22 February 1940 | Joseph Stalin |
| 14 | Dashiin Damba | 22 February 1940 | 8 April 1940 | Joseph Stalin |
General Secretary of the Central Committee
{{small|1940–1954}} |
| 15 | Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal | 8 April 1940 | 4 April 1954 | Joseph Stalin (until 1953)
Georgy Malenkov (1953)
Nikita Khrushchev (since 1953) |
First Secretary of the Central Committee
{{small|1954–1958}} |
| 16 | Dashiin Damba | 4 April 1954 | 22 November 1958 | Nikita Khrushchev |
General Secretary of the Central Committee
{{small|1958–present}} |
| 17 | Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal | 22 November 1958 | 24 August 1984 | Nikita Khrushchev (until 1964)
Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982)
Yuri Andropov (1982–1984)
Konstantin Chernenko (from 1984) |
| 18 | Jambyn Batmönkh | 24 August 1984 | 14 March 1990 | Konstantin Chernenko (until 1985)
Mikhail Gorbachev (from 1985) |
| 19 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat | 14 March 1990 | 28 February 1991 | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 20 | Büdragchaagiin Dash-Yondon | 28 February 1991 | 5 October 1996 | Mikhail Gorbachev (until 1991) |
| 21 | Nambaryn Enkhbayar | 5 October 1996 | 7 February 1997 | Post Abolished |
| 22 | Natsagiin Bagabandi | 7 February 1997 | 6 June 1997 |
| 23 | Nambaryn Enkhbayar | 6 June 1997 | 22 November 2005 |
| 24 | Miyeegombyn Enkhbold | 22 November 2005 | 22 November 2007 |
| 25 | Sanjaagiin Bayar | 22 November 2007 | 8 April 2009 |
| 26 | Sükhbaataryn Batbold | 8 April 2009 | 25 July 2012 |
| 27 | Ölziisaikhany Enkhtüvshin | 25 July 2012 | November 2013 |
| 28 | Miyeegombyn Enkhbold | November 2013 | 21 November 2017 |
| 29 | Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh | 21 November 2017 | Incumbent |