Politburo
[pol-it-byoo r-oh, poh-lit-, puh-lit-] /ˈpɒl ɪtˌbyʊər oʊ, ˈpoʊ lɪt-, pəˈlɪt-/
noun
1.
(often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
/ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊərəʊ/
noun
1.
the executive and policy-making committee of a Communist Party
2.
the supreme policy-making authority in most Communist countries
n.
“highest policy-making committee of the U.S.S.R.,” 1927, from Russian politbyuro, contracted from politicheskoe byuro “political bureau.”
politburo [(pol-it-byoor-oh, poh-lit-byoor-oh)]
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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