politburo

noun

po·lit·bu·ro ˈpä-lət-ˌbyu̇r-(ˌ)ō

ˈpō-lət-,

pə-ˈlit-

: the principal policymaking and executive committee of a Communist party

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At the end of the Lebanese Civil War, two more bodies were added: an executive council and a politburo, or central political body. —

Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024 In his remarks to Russia’s Security Council, a type of modern-day politburo of Putin’s most powerful officials including influential hawks, Putin said that work on amendments on changing the doctrine had been going on for the past year. —

Reuters, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024 Hamas has four centers of authority—Gaza, the West Bank, the diaspora, and the prisons—and a ruling politburo that makes policy. —

David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024 On July 31st, Iranian authorities announced that Israel had assassinated Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas politburo. —

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