General Secretary
Top party official
General Secretary is the title for the chief administrative officer of certain organizations, particularly political parties and international bodies.
In communist states, the General Secretary of the ruling party—such as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union or the Chinese Communist Party—typically holds supreme power: Stalin ruled as General Secretary for nearly thirty years.
The title also applies to heads of organizations like the United Nations, though Secretary-General is preferred there.
Gathering for celebration
- chairmanHead of a board
- premierFirst in importance
- central committeeExecutive governing body
- communistCollectivist political adherent
socialist · Marxist-Leninist · apparatus · cadre · comrade · plenum · standing committee · presidium
International governmental organization
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- assemblyConstructing from components
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
summit · treaty · protocol · mandate · peacekeeping · resolution · envoy · delegation
Joining into one
- associationGroup with shared aim
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- organizationStructured group with purpose
trade union · labour · membership · delegate · convention · branch · chapter · national
party
Gathering for celebration
- chairmanHead of a board
- premierFirst in importance
- central committeeExecutive governing body
communist · socialist · Marxist-Leninist · apparatus · cadre · comrade · plenum · standing committee · presidium · succession
United Nations
International governmental organization
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- assemblyConstructing from components
council · summit · treaty · protocol · mandate · peacekeeping · resolution · envoy · delegation · headquarters
union
Joining into one
- associationGroup with shared aim
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- societyOrganized communal human existence
organization · trade union · labour · membership · delegate · convention · branch · chapter · national · executive committee
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Indochina PoliticsCommunist Party, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam War, Politburo, one-party state
- North KoreaPyongyang, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-il
- German PoliticiansAngela Merkel, Otto von Bismarck, Kohl, Merkel, Schmidt
General Secretaryfoot soldier
Basic infantry combatant
party member · grassroots activist · the masses · subordinate · backbencher
General Secretaryprime minister
Leader of a parliamentary state
constitutional monarch · elected representative · president · chancellor · parliamentary leader
general, secretary, generals, secretaries, generalize, generalization, generalized, generalizing, generally