A
central Committee is commonly the central
executive unit of a
Leninist (commonly also
Trotskyist) or
Communist party, whether ruling or
non-ruling. In a Communist party, the Central Committee is made up
of delegates elected at a
Party
Congress. In those Communist parties historically ruling around
a
Marxist-Leninist state, the Central Committee makes decisions
for the party between congresses, and usually is 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.
Organizations besides Communist ones also have Central Committees,
such as the
Mennonite
Church and
Alcoholics
Anonymous, as well as the
Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors (to
war). In the
United States the
Democratic and the
Republican Parties both
have Central Committees; these act as the leading body 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 and states.
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See also
(North Korea)
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