The 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) was elected at the
8th CPC Congress on 19 April 2021.
Plenums
The Central Committee is not a permanent institution. It convenes
plenary session
A plenary session or plenum is a session of a conference or deliberative assembly in which all parties or members are present. Such a session may include a broad range of content, from keynotes to panel discussions, and is not necessarily r ...
s between party congresses, and in this case between the
8th Congress and the
9th Congress. When the CC is not in session, decision-making power was vested in the internal bodies of the CC itself; that is, the
Politburo
A politburo () or political bureau is the highest organ of the central committee in communist parties. The term is also sometimes used to refer to similar organs in socialist and Islamist parties, such as the UK Labour Party's NEC or the Poli ...
and the
Secretariat
Secretariat may refer to:
* Secretariat (administrative office)
* Secretariat (horse)
Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who was the ninth winn ...
. None of these bodies are permanent either; typically they convened several times a month.
Members
References
Bibliography
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2021 disestablishments in Cuba