central committee
Party's ruling core
A central committee is the governing body of a communist or socialist party, holding power between party congresses.
The term comes from Soviet political structure, where the Central Committee of the Communist Party directed national policy.
Today it appears most often in discussions of Chinese politics: The central committee approved the five-year plan.
Administrative office of organization
- presidiumCommunist executive committee
- party congressFormal political gathering
- plenumComplete legislative body
- apparatusEquipment for a task
bureau · cadres · commissariat · directive · mandate · decree · resolution · dictate
Chosen representatives or assigns
- membersPeople in an organization
- cadresCore trained personnel
- functionariesPeople holding formal positions
- apparatchiksPolitical party operatives
party elite · inner circle · old guard · nominees · representatives · comrades · voting members · hardliners
Administrative office of organization
- subcommitteeSubset of larger panel
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- apparatusEquipment for a task
organization · hierarchy · cell · branch · echelon · organ · body · session
Top organizational officer
- chairmanHead of a board
- party chiefHead of political organization
- first secretaryRuling party's top position
- presidentElected leader of nation
premier · elder statesman · deputy · vice-chairman · coordinator · head
Formulating official guidelines
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
ideology · platform · agenda · five-year plan · purge · reform · succession · appointment
secretariat
Administrative office of organization
- presidiumCommunist executive committee
- party congressFormal political gathering
- plenumComplete legislative body
apparatus · bureau · cadres · commissariat · directive · mandate · decree · resolution · dictate · edict
delegates
Chosen representatives or assigns
- membersPeople in an organization
- cadresCore trained personnel
- functionariesPeople holding formal positions
apparatchiks · party elite · inner circle · old guard · nominees · representatives · comrades · voting members · hardliners · reformers
secretariat
Administrative office of organization
- subcommitteeSubset of larger panel
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
apparatus · organization · hierarchy · cell · branch · echelon · organ · body · session · plenum
general secretary
Top organizational officer
- chairmanHead of a board
- party chiefHead of political organization
- first secretaryRuling party's top position
president · premier · elder statesman · deputy · vice-chairman · coordinator · head
policy-making
Formulating official guidelines
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
doctrine · ideology · platform · agenda · five-year plan · purge · reform · succession · appointment · expulsion
- governing bodiesgoverning body, governing council, senate, board of directors, parliament
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- Democratic PoliticsDemocrat, DNC, donkey, blue state, blue wave
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- planned economycommand economy, five-year plan, production quota, state control, state ownership
central committeerank-and-file
Ordinary organization members
party base · local chapters · the masses · foot soldiers · the proletariat
central, committee, centralize, centrally, centrality, centralized, decentralize, centralism, decentralized