- Central Committee
Central Committee most commonly refers to the central executive unit of a
Leninist (commonly alsoTrotskyist ) orCommunist party , whether ruling or non-ruling. In a Communist party, the Central Committee is made up of delegates elected at aParty Congress . In those Communist parties historically ruling around aMarxist-Leninist state, the Central Committee makes decisions for the party between congresses, and usually is responsible for electing thePolitburo . In non-ruling Communist parties, the Central Committee is usually understood by the party membership to be the ultimate decision-makingauthority between Congresses once the process ofdemocratic centralism has led to an agreed-upon position.Organizations besides Communist ones also have Central Committees, such as the Mennonite Church and
Alcoholics Anonymous , as well as the "Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors" (towar ). In the United States the Democratic and the Republican Parties both have Central Committees; these act as the leading body of those organizations at the national/administrative level, as well as local committees in a similar capacity within the local Democratic or Republican governments of individual counties and states.List of Central Committees
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Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in theSoviet Union .
*Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in thePeople's Republic of China .
*Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party in theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
*Central Committee of Polish United Workers Party inPoland .
*Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
*Central Committee of the Hungarian Workers' Party
*Democratic State Central Committee of Connecticut
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