Politburo

American  

[pol-it-byoor-oh, poh-lit-, puh-lit-] / ˈpɒl ɪtˌbyʊər oʊ, ˈpoʊ lɪt-, pəˈlɪt- /

Or Politbureau

noun

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

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Politburo British  

/ ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊərəʊ /

noun

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

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

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politburo Cultural  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Politburo

< Russian politbyuró, shortening of politícheskoe byuró political bureau

Example Sentences

Zhang, who is also a member of the party’s elite Politburo, and Liu couldn’t be reached for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then came Resolution 68, passed on 4 May last year at a meeting of the politburo, the highest decision-making body between party congresses.

From BBC

Lam's faction dominated the new 19-member politburo, the party's highest decision-making body, with Lam's nearest rival -- defence chief Phan Van Giang -- relegated to seventh position.

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