General Secretary of the Communist Party
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The title of General Secretary or First Secretary is commonly used for the leaders of most communist parties. When a communist party is the ruling party of a socialist state—often labeled as communist states by external observers—the general secretary is typically the country's de facto leader. It is not uncommon for this leader to also assume state-level positions, such as president or premiership, thereby also becoming the de jure leader of the state. The position of general secretary is typically elected by the communist party's central committee (with the Workers' Party of Korea as an exception), and the holder of this title also frequently serves on the communist party's politburo and secretariat.
General secretaries of ruling communist parties
Party | Title | Officeholder | Took office | Length of tenure | Ref. | ||
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Chinese Communist Party | General Secretary of the Central Committee | Xi Jinping | 15 November 2012 | 11 years, 240 days | [1] | ||
Communist Party of Cuba | First Secretary of the Central Committee | Miguel Díaz-Canel | 19 April 2021 | 3 years, 84 days | [2] | ||
Communist Party of Vietnam | General Secretary of the Central Committee | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | 8 January 2011 | 13 years, 186 days | [3] | ||
Lao People's Revolutionary Party | General Secretary of the Central Committee | Thongloun Sisoulith | 15 January 2021 | 3 years, 179 days | [4] | ||
Workers' Party of Korea | General Secretary | Kim Jong-un | 11 April 2012 | 12 years, 92 days | [5] |
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References
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