Central Committee

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governing body leadership body party organ

The Central Committee is a key governing body within a communist or socialist party that directs party policy and activities between sessions of the Party Congress.

Aliases (4)

Central Committee of the Communist Party ×1
Politburo ×1
central committee ×1
democratic centralism ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body → leadership body → party organ →
associatedWith	communist party → socialist party →
canCreate	departments → subordinate commissions → working groups →
decisionMakingMode	collective leadership →
exercisesAuthority	between sessions of the Party Congress →
hasFunction	coordinate party organizations → guide ideological work → implement Party Congress decisions → manage party cadre policy →
hasJurisdictionOver	national-level party affairs →
hasMemberType	heads of key party departments → regional party leaders → senior party officials →
hasPower	adopt party resolutions → approve major policy lines → supervise lower party bodies →
hasRole	directs party policy → oversees party activities →
historicallyNotableIn	Chinese Communist Party → Communist Party of the Soviet Union → Cuban Communist Party → Vietnamese Communist Party → Workers’ Party of Korea →
ideologyContext	Marxism–Leninism → socialism →
influencedBy	democratic centralism →
isCollectiveBody	true →
languageVariant	Central Committee of the Communist Party →
mayElect	General Secretary → Politburo → Secretariat →
meetingFrequency	periodically between Party Congresses →
meets	plenary sessions →
reportsTo	Party Congress →
scope	national party policy →
subordinateTo	Party Congress →
term	from one Party Congress to the next →
typicalIn	Leninist party structures →
typicalSelectionMethod	elected by Party Congress delegates →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Committee ("Central Committee of the Communist Party") →	languageVariant
What Is to Be Done? ("democratic centralism") →	mainSubject
Central Committee ("Politburo") →	mayElect
KPRF ("central committee") →	organizationalStructure
Party Congress →	reportsReceivedFrom
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party →	shortName