Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of
communist parties
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, analogous to a
board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing
socialist state
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s. In such party organizations, the committee would typically be made up of delegates elected at a
party congress
The terms party conference (UK English), political convention ( US and Canadian English), and party congress usually refer to a general meeting of a political party. The conference is attended by certain delegates who represent the party membe ...
. In
those states where it constituted the state power, the central committee made decisions for the party between congresses and usually was (at least nominally) responsible for electing the
politburo. In non-ruling communist parties, the central committee is usually understood by the party membership to be the ultimate decision-making authority between congresses once the process of
democratic centralism has led to an agreed-upon position.
Non-communist organizations are also governed by central committees, such as the
right-wing Likud
Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sha ...
party in
Israel
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, the North American
Mennonite Church and
Alcoholics Anonymous, the Chinese
Kuomintang
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as well as the former American
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) was a United States nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people avoid or resist military conscription or seek discharge after voluntary enlistment. It was active in supporting co ...
. In the United States, the
two major parties are administered by the
Democratic National Committee and the
Republican National Committee
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; these act as the leading bodies 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
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and
states.
List of central committees
Communist
*
Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
* Central Committee of the
Party of Labor of Albania
* Central Committee of the
Azerbaijani Democratic Party
* Central Committee of the
People's Revolutionary Party of Benin
The People's Revolutionary Party of Benin (french: Parti de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin) was a political party in the People's Republic of Benin. It was founded in 1975 by General Mathieu Kérékou. With the new constitution of 30 November ...
* Central Committee of the
Bulgarian Communist Party
The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP; bg, Българска Комунистическа Партия (БКП), Balgarska komunisticheska partiya (BKP)) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 198 ...
*Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Canada
*
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
*
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) is the highest decision-making body of the party between convocations of the Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, PCC Congress.
History
The Central Committee was established on 3 Octob ...
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Comint ...
* Central Committee of the
Workers' Party of Ethiopia
The Workers' Party of Ethiopia ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ, Ye'Ityopia Serategnoch Parti, WPE) was a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991 led by General Secretary Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Wo ...
*
Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Greece
*Central Committee of the
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt, MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working Peo ...
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of India
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
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* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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* Central Committee of the
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy.
The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) ...
* Central Committee of the
Japan Communist Party
The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world.
The party advocates the establishment of a democr ...
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Kampuchea
The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK),, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; french: Parti communiste du Kampuchea also known as the Khmer Communist Party,
*
Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
The Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is the highest decision-making organ in Laos when the National Congress is not in session.
History
The Central Committee was established at the 1st National Congress in 1955. At ...
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN Maoist Centre, or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist P ...
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (; abbr. CPN (UML)) is the largest political party in Nepal on the basis of memberships. As per the results of recent elections, ''CPN (UML)'' stands as the second largest party of Nepal ...
*Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
* Central Committee of the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP; ar, الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين, ''al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn'') is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organi ...
* Central Committee of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, translit=al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn, PFLP) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary so ...
* Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Philippines
*
Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party
* Central Committee of the
Portuguese Communist Party
*
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
* Central Committee of the
Romanian Communist Party
* Central Committee of the
Sammarinese Communist Party
The Sammarinese Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Sammarinese, abbreviated PCS) was a Marxist political party in the small European republic of San Marino.
It was founded in 1921 as a section of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI). The organ ...
* Central Committee of the
South African Communist Party
The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing Na ...
*
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Armenia
** Central Committee of the
Azerbaijan Communist Party
The Azerbaijan Communist Party ( az, Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası; russian: Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана) was the ruling political party in the Azerbaijan SSR, making it effectively a branch of th ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Byelorussia
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Estonia
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Georgia
Communist Party of Georgia (, ''Sakartvelos Komunisturi Partia'') is a communist party in Georgia. The party was founded on 23 February 1992 as the Socialist Labour Party. It was registered at the Ministry of Justice on 27 February 1998. In the ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Kazakhstan
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Kirghizia
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Latvia
The Communist Party of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Komunistiskā partija, LKP) was a political party in Latvia.
History Latvian Social-Democracy prior to 1919
The party was founded at a congress in June 1904. Initially the party was known as the Latvia ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Lithuania
The Communist Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos komunistų partija; russian: Коммунистическая партия Литвы) is a banned communist party in Lithuania. The party was established in early October 1918 and operated clan ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Moldavia
The Communist Party of Moldavia ( ro, Partidul Comunist al Moldovei, PCM; Moldovan Cyrillic: Партидул Комунист ал Молдовей; russian: Коммунистическая партия Молдавии) was the ruling and the ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Tajikistan
The Communist Party of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҳизби Коммунистии Тоҷикистон, ''Hizbi Kommunistiyi Tojikiston''; russian: Коммунистическая партия Таджикистана) is a communist party in Tajikistan ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Turkmenistan
The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Туркменистана; tk, Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR, and a part of the Communis ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...
** Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Uzbekistan
The Communist Party of Uzbekistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана, uz, Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси), initially known as Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Uzbekistan, ...
* Central Committee of the
Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party
Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party ( mn, ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠦ ᠲᠤᠧᠠ ᠢᠢᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠰᠭᠠᠯ ᠳᠤ ᠨᠠᠮ, Tangnu Tuva-yin arad-un qubisγal-tu nam) was a political party in Tuva, founded in 1921. When the ...
*
Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
*
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( Vietnamese: ''Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam'') is the highest decision-making body of the party between convocations of the National Congress.
History
The C ...
* Central Committee of the
United Wa State Party
The United Wa State Party (UWSP) is the ruling party of Wa State, an autonomous region in northern Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). It was founded on 3 November 1989 as a merger between the Burma National United Party (BNUP) and several smaller, no ...
*
**/ Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
, logo = Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg
, colorcode =
, leader = President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
, successor = SDP BiH
, foundation = 1943
, di ...
** Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Croatia
** Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Macedonia
** Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Montenegro
, logo =
, colorcode =
, leader = President of the League of Communists of Montenegro
, foundation = 1943
, dissolution = 22 June 1991
, successor = Democratic Party of Socialists of Montene ...
** Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Serbia
, logo =
, colorcode =
, leader = President of the League of Communists of Serbia
, predecessor = Provincial Committee for Serbia of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
, merged =
, successor = SPS
, ...
*** Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Vojvodina
The League of Communists of Vojvodina ( sh, Savez komunista Vojvodine / Савез комуниста Војводине, SKV) was the Vojvodina branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
Party leaders
#Isa Jovanović (1943) (1906–1983 ...
*** Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Kosovo
The League of Communists of Kosovo ( sh, Savez komunista Kosova, Савез комуниста Косова, SKK; al, Lidhja Komuniste Kosovare) was the Kosovo branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia f ...
** Central Committee of the
League of Communists of Slovenia
Non-communist
*
Central Committee of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath party - Syria Region (
neo-Baathism and
pan-Arabism)
*Central Committee of the
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (
social democracy
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,
democratic socialism and
African nationalism)
*
Central Committee of Fatah (
social democracy
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and
democratic socialism)
*
Central Committee of the Kuomintang (
Three Principles of the People,
conservatism
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and
Chinese nationalism)
*Central Committee of
the Left (democratic socialism)
*Central Committee of the
Likud
Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sha ...
(
national liberalism and
liberal conservatism)
* Central Committee of
PAIGC
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from ...
(social democracy and democratic socialism)
* Central Committee of the
Pakistan Peoples Party (social democracy and democratic socialism)
* Central Committee of the
People's Progressive Party/Civic (social democracy, democratic socialism and
left-wing nationalism
Left-wing nationalism or leftist nationalism, also known as social nationalism, is a form of nationalism based upon national self-determination, popular sovereignty, national self-interest, and left-wing political positions such as social equal ...
)
Formerly communist
* Central Committee of the
Cambodian People's Party
The Cambodian People's Party (CPP), UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; is a Cambodian political party which has ruled Cambodia since 1979.
Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP)., UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ...
(conservatism and economic liberalism since 1991)
* Central Committee of the
Congolese Party of Labour
The Congolese Party of Labour (french: Parti congolais du travail, PCT) is the ruling party of the Republic of the Congo. Founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, it was originally a pro-Soviet, Marxist–Leninist vanguard party which founded the P ...
(social democracy and democratic socialism since 2006)
*Central Committee of
FRELIMO
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(social democracy and democratic socialism since 1989)
* Central Committee of the
Mongolian People's Party
The Mongolian People's Party (MPP) is a social democratic political party in Mongolia. It was founded as a communist party in 1920 by Mongolian revolutionaries and is the oldest political party in Mongolia.
The party played an important role ...
(social democracy and democratic socialism since 1990)
* Central Committee of the
MPLA
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wing, social dem ...
(social democracy and democratic socialism since 1990)
* Central Committee of
SWAPO (social democracy and democratic socialism since 1990, Socialism with Namibian characteristics since 2017)
* Central Committee of the
Yemeni Socialist Party
The Yemeni Socialist Party ( ar, الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني, ''al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani'', YSP) is a political party in Yemen. A successor of Yemen's National Liberation Front, it was the ruling party in South Yemen until ...
(social democracy and
Arab nationalism
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since 1990)
See also
*
Eastern Bloc politics
*
Politburo
References
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