A senior policymaking body in a political organisation, generally consisting of members who either are appointed by the party in control of the organisation or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations
The governing council of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Leninist political systems
In communist countries the Politburo is the chief committee that decides on government policy and makes decisions. politburos the most important decision-making committee of a Communist party or Communist government. Supreme policy-making body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the model for the politburos in other countries. The first Politburo, created in 1917 to provide leadership during the Bolshevik uprising, was dissolved when the coup was accomplished. The party congress of 1919 instructed the Central Committee to elect a new Politburo, which soon overshadowed the Central Committee in power. In 1952 it was replaced by a larger Presidium of the Central Committee; after Joseph Stalin's death, stress was placed on "collective leadership" to correct for his abuses. The name Politburo was revived in 1966. Its members included the general secretary of the Communist Party, the minister of defense, the head of the KGB, and the heads of the most important republics or urban party branches. It was dissolved with the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991
The elite committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, responsible for determining policy
The highest and most powerful group of policymakers in the former Soviet Union, chosen from the membership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
the day-to-day governing body of the communist party; technically (though not usually in practice) subordinate to the decisions of the larger Central Committee
Short for political bureau, the directing body of the Communist Party empowered to act between meetings of the full Central Committee