Politburo

A politburo (/ˈpɒlɪtbjʊəroʊ/) or political bureau is the

executive committee for communist parties.[1] It is present
in most former and existing communist states.

Names
The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian
politbyuro (политбюро), itself a contraction of
politicheskoye byuro (политическое бюро, "Political
Bureau"). The Spanish term Politburó is directly loaned
from Russian, as is the German Politbüro. Chinese uses a
calque (Chinese: 政治局 ; pinyin: Zhèngzhìjú), from which
The Soviet Politburo passes a resolution to

the Vietnamese (Bộ Chính trị " 部政治 "), and Korean (정 execute 346 "enemies of the CPSU and the

치국 政治局, Jeongchiguk) terms derive.

Soviet Government" who led "counter-
revolutionary, pro-trotskyist, plotting and
spying activities", signed by secretary Stalin,
History 17 January 1940

The first politburo was created in Russia by the Bolshevik

Party in 1917 during the Russian Revolution that occurred during that year.[2][3] The first Politburo had
seven members: Vladimir Lenin, Grigory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Grigori
Sokolnikov, and Andrei Bubnov.[4]

During the 20th century, politburos were established in most Communist states. They included the
politburos of the USSR, East Germany, Afghanistan, and Czechoslovakia. Several countries still have a
politburo system in operation: China, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, and Cuba.[5]

Trotskyist parties

In Trotskyist parties, the Politburo is a bureau of the Central Committee tasked with making day-to-day
political decisions, which must later be ratified by the Central Committee. Its members are chosen by the
Central Committee, who appoints it. The post of General Secretary carries far less weight in this model.
See, for example, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party.

See also
Communism portal

Eastern Bloc politics

Executive committee
Orgburo
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
 Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania
Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party
Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea
Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO
Politburo of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
Presidium

References
1. "Received 2012-02-02" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politburo). Merriam-
webster.com. 31 August 2012. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20220324000141/http
s://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politburo) from the original on 24 March 2022.
Retrieved 16 June 2014.
2. "USSR: Communist Party: Politburo" (http://www.archontology.org/nations/ussr/cpsu/politbur
o_hist.php). Archontology.org. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20200105193012/http://
www.archontology.org/nations/ussr/cpsu/politburo_hist.php) from the original on 5 January
2020. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
3. "Politburo (Soviet political body) – Encyclopædia Britannica" (http://www.britannica.com/EB
checked/topic/467548/Politburo). Britannica.com. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
4. Dmitri Volkogonov, Lenin. A New Biography, translated and edited by Harold Shukman
(New York: The Free Press, 1994), p. 185.
5. "A List of Current Communist Countries" (https://web.archive.org/web/20161216230655/htt
p://geography.about.com/od/lists/tp/communistcountries.htm). Geography.about.com. 29 May
2014. Archived from the original (http://geography.about.com/od/lists/tp/communistcountries.
htm) on 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

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