First Secretary of the Kabardino–Balkar Communist Party

The First Secretary of the Kabardino–Balkar regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Kabardino-Balkar AO (1921–1936), Kabardino-Balkar 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.