Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact

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The Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact was the principal political decision-making and coordinating body of the Warsaw Treaty Organization, bringing together the leaders of its member states to shape common foreign and defense policies during the Cold War.

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instanceOf governing body
international political organization body
appliesToJurisdiction Warsaw Pact member states
composition defense ministers of Warsaw Pact members
foreign ministers of Warsaw Pact members
heads of state of Warsaw Pact members
party leaders of Warsaw Pact members
coordinationWith Council for Mutual Economic Assistance NERFINISHED
country Soviet Union
describedBySource historical studies of the Warsaw Pact
dissolved 1991
fieldOfWork Cold War politics
defense policy
foreign policy
military alliance coordination
followedBy dissolution of the Warsaw Pact
hasMember Albania NERFINISHED
Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
East Germany NERFINISHED
Hungary NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Romania NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
hasRole coordination body for Warsaw Pact policies
principal political decision-making body of the Warsaw Pact
inception 1955
languageOfWorkOrName German
Polish
Russian
other Warsaw Pact member languages
locationOfMeetings Moscow NERFINISHED
Warsaw Pact member capitals
memberOf Eastern Bloc institutions
operatingArea Eastern Bloc NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
parentOrganization Warsaw Pact NERFINISHED
partOf Warsaw Pact NERFINISHED
Warsaw Treaty Organization NERFINISHED
purpose to coordinate common defense policy of Warsaw Pact states
to provide political leadership for the Warsaw Pact
to shape common foreign policy of Warsaw Pact states
significantEvent Cold War NERFINISHED
Soviet–Eastern Bloc military coordination
timePeriod Cold War
usedFor consultation on security issues among Warsaw Pact members
coordination of positions in international organizations
formulation of joint communiqués and declarations

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Henryk Jabłoński associatedWith Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
this entity surface form: Warsaw Pact political structures
Political Consultative Committee hasAlternativeName Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Political Consultative Committee hasAlternativeName Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
this entity surface form: Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Committee on Technology and Armaments hasSupervisingOrganization Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact Joint Command hierarchicalSuperior Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Operation Danube justificationUsedBy Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
this entity surface form: Warsaw Pact leadership
Committee of Ministers of Defense parentOrganization Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Committee of Ministers of Defense subordinateTo Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
this entity surface form: Warsaw Pact Political Consultative Committee