The members of the Central Committee are elected through secret ballot by the Congress of the party for a 4-year term.

Central Committee is standing administrative body of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

Presidium implements the rulings of the Congress and is the main executive authority of the party between the Central Committee Plenaries.

Secretariat is accountable for day-to-day party operations and is mainly a technical body to the Presidium.

The most notable changes were made to the Presidium as Yury Afonin became First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee and several notable politicians left the Presidium, including first secretary of Moscow city committee Valery Rashkin, former Governor of Irkutsk Oblast Sergey Levchenko, former first secretary of Saint Petersburg city committee Olga Khodunova and former State Duma member Sergey Reshulsky.