politburo

See also: Politbüro

English

Etymology

From Russian полити́ческое бюро́ (politíčeskoje bjuró), abbreviated as Политбюро́ (Politbjuró) or German Politisches Büro, abbreviated as Politbüro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊəɹəʊ/

Noun

politburo (plural politburos)

The governing council of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.
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.

Usage notes

Non-specific sense is often used to cast doubt on the legitimacy or stated goals of the subject.

Translations

the governing Communist council

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: Палітбюро́ n (Palitbjuró), палітбюро́ n (palitbjuró)
Bulgarian: политбюро́ n (politbjuró)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 政治局 (zh) (zhèngzhìjú)
Czech: politbyro n
Finnish: politbyroo (fi)
French: bureau politique m, politburo (fr) m
German: Politbüro (de) n
Greek: πολιτικό γραφείο n (politikó grafeío)
Japanese: 政治局 (せいじきょく, seijikyoku)

Korean: 정치국 (jeongchiguk), 폴리트뷰로 (polliteubyuro)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Biuro Polityczne n, politbiuro n
Portuguese: politburo (pt) m
Romanian: Birou Politic n
Russian: Политбюро́ n (Politbjuró), политбюро́ (ru) n (politbjuró)
Spanish: Politburó m, Buró Político m
Swedish: politbyrå c
Ukrainian: Політбюро́ n (Politbjuró), політбюро́ n (politbjuró)
Vietnamese: bộ chính trị (vi)

policymaking body

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: politbyroo (fi)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

Junta

Portuguese

Noun

politburo m (plural politburos)

politburo (governing council of the Soviet Union)

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