General Secretary of the Communist Party explained

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

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Chinese Communist PartyGeneral Secretary of the Central Committee15 November 2012[1]
Communist Party of CubaFirst Secretary of the Central Committee19 April 2021[2]
Communist Party of VietnamGeneral Secretary of the Central Committee3 August 2024[3]
Lao People's Revolutionary PartyGeneral Secretary of the Central Committee15 January 2021[4]
Workers' Party of KoreaGeneral Secretary11 April 2012[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Xi Jinping 习近平 . . 21 July 2023 . 24 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230524092434/https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/china_20180318_xi_jinping_profile.pdf .
  2. Web site: Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief . . 19 April 2021 . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113101216/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56802129 .
  3. Web site: Vietnam: To Lam confirmed as country's top leader . . 3 August 2024 . 4 August 2024 . 3 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240803060453/https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-to-lam-confirmed-as-countrys-top-leader/a-69847069 .
  4. Web site: Communist party of Laos names PM Thongloun as new leader -state media . . 15 January 2021 . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113101624/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/communist-party-laos-names-pm-thongloun-new-leader-state-media-2021-01-15/ .
  5. Web site: Kim, Jack . N.Korea's Kim Jong-un named party "first secretary" . . 11 April 2012 . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113102314/https://www.reuters.com/article/korea-north-idINDEE83A07620120411 .