Central Committee

British  

noun

1. (in Communist parties) the body responsible for party policy between meetings of the party congress: in practice, it is in charge of day-to-day operations of the party bureaucracy

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Example Sentences

By that standard, military officers across China should be highly encouraged following Saturday’s announcement that the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party had opened an investigation of two senior military officials.

From The Wall Street Journal

The party central committee "absolutely unanimously elected Comrade To Lam to continue holding the position of General Secretary", the party said in a statement.

From Barron's

"The corruption system now operates with confidence and immunity," wrote Tirawi, a senior member of the Fatah central committee led by Abbas, whose presidential mandate expired in 2009.

From Barron's

They will vote around 200 members onto the Central Committee, which in turn selects between 17 and 19 members of the powerful politburo.

From Barron's

The general secretary is considered the country's top leader, but the politburo also selects the other "pillars" of Vietnam's collective system of government: the president, prime minister, chairman of the National Assembly and standing member of the Central Committee's Secretariat.

From Barron's