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Politbureau, -buro|ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊərəʊ|
Also politbureau, -buro.
[a. Russ. politbyuró, f. polit(ícheskoe political + byuró bureau.]
The highest policy-making committee of the U.S.S.R., or of some other Communist country or party (in quot. 1930, a district committee). Also attrib., transf., and fig.
[1926Encycl. Brit. III. 428/1 This ‘plenum’ elects the Political Bureau of nine members with five deputies.] 1927Daily Express 19 July 3/4 Stalin has packed the Politburo, which..is practically the Cabinet, with his friends. 1930Morning Post 13 Aug. 13 The factory Soviet asked the local politbureau for lecturers to explain the causes of the shortage. 1937E. Snow Red Star over China iv. v. 165, I [sc. Mao Tse-tung] was dismissed from the Politbureau, and also from the Party Front Committee. 1949Ann. Reg. 1948 285 The names of the Politburo of the [Yugoslav Communist] party were..made public. 1949G. B. Shaw Sixteen Self Sketches xi. 67 For some years the leaders in the Politbureau or Thinking Cabinet of the Fabian policy were Webb, Olivier, Wallas, Shaw. 1952[see Bolshevik a.]. 1953Encounter Oct. 67/1 Malenkov..had..a role more prominent than all other living Politburo members. 1962Listener 6 Sept. 354/2 Mr Ben Bella's Politburo..ordered nationalist troops to advance on Algiers. 1967I. Grey First Fifty Years xxviii. 479 The congress [of 1966] revived the name ‘Politburo’, which had been changed to ‘presidium’ by the sixteenth congress in 1952. 1974J. White tr. Poulantzas's Fascism & Dictatorship iv. ii. 171 Insurrection was then decided on by the Comintern and the majority of the Russian politburo for October 1923. 1977‘S. Leys’ Chinese Shadows (1978) v. 119 The keenness and energy with which..old men cling to their seats on the Politburo. 1978Whitaker's Almanack 1979 959/1 The real power of the Party is vested, however, in the Politbureau, the Secretariat and the permanent Departments of the Central Committee. |