Politburo

Or Po·lit·bu·reau

[pol-it-byoor-oh, poh-lit-, puh-lit-]

noun

1. (often lowercase),  the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.

Politburo

/ ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊərəʊ /

noun

1. the executive and policy-making committee of a Communist Party

2. the supreme policy-making authority in most Communist countries

politburo

1. A commonly used name for those who made the major governmental decisions in the former Soviet Union. A politburo, in general, is the chief committee of a communist party.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Politburo¹

< Russian politbyuró, shortening of politícheskoe byuró political bureau

Word History and Origins

Origin of Politburo¹

C20: from Russian: contraction of Politicheskoe Buro political bureau

Example Sentences

"If that administration's desire to support our people were sincere, they would have unconditionally lifted the criminal blockade," Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Communist Party of Cuba's Politburo wrote on X.

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He is known to have met the Chinese foreign minister at least twice during his time as national security adviser and also hosted a senior member of the Chinese politburo earlier this year.

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Gen. He was also a member of the party’s governing Politburo, which had 24 members before his expulsion.

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The plenum didn’t name a replacement for He’s Politburo seat.

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Gen. He Weidong, the lower-ranking of two vice chairmen on the Communist Party’s top military decision-making body and a member of the 24-man Politburo, has been dismissed from the party and the military for severe disciplinary violations and abuses of power, a spokesman for China’s Defense Ministry said Friday.

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