politburo

In Russia, a very different kind of uprising replaced the aristocracy of the czars with that of the Soviet Politburo.

No doubt his gesture of spending five days in the politburo hunting lodge with me was to establish a standard for us to emulate.

A decision as important as the execution of thousands of Polish POWS would have had to emanate from the Politburo.

Comments from China's Politburo appeared to signal such a shift last week.

Perhaps the general secretary could be elected by the whole Central Committee (not just the Politburo), thereby enhancing his mandate.

A few analysts believe possible dissatisfaction among elites could result in a collective, Politburo-style leadership structure.

Rather than trying to outdo the Politburo in developing crony capitalism we should seek to reinvigorate our diverse, grassroots economy.

During the long Brezhnev period a tiny group of "four of five" Politburo insiders took all decisions behind closed doors, Kiselyov says.

At the end of last week, the politburo of China's Communist party decided to continue the stimulus package launched last November.

Politburo members would be there, and occasionally would exchange a word or two with reporters.

The advisors who nurture the public image of top officials in the Chinese politburo weren't about to let their charges be upstaged.

He is also widely rumoured to have attacked Mr Hu's economic-control measures at a meeting of the ruling Politburo two years ago.

As much as the politburo would like the currency question to go away, it is unlikely to.

Lin Miaoke, he went on to say, is excellent in those aspects. The decision, he says, went as high as the Politburo.

The Politburo could anticipate what was going to be said; fast, open and effective action was its best riposte.

The Politburo's (Stalin's) execution order for Polish officers, therefore, had to be present among Politburo documents.

The meeting will also elect the party's new leadership institutions, including the Politburo, Central Committee and the Secretariat.

Less clear is whether Mr. Kim is confident enough to place his son in the Politburo and the party's Central Military Commission.

Once the Politburo decided to feed China with pork, the question then became: What would China's pigs eat?

More recently, Politburo members in charge of the law and state security have been influential in senior energy appointments.

On the next day, April 29, Gorbachev called another Politburo meeting.

A section of a compartment car, in which the chairmen of the Politburo travelled in the Soviet times.

Was Chen Yun's manuscript "(second) Zunyi enlarged politburo conference" the delivery outline or not?

Mr Chen, previously a member of the national politburo, was the highest-profile government official dismissed in more than a decade.

As such, fulfilling the Politburo's orders is a task on which their future promotions will be judged.

To make their case, company executives installed one in a meeting room used by members of the Politburo Standing Committee.

Any obstacle -- like a hospital, a school, or a Politburo member's house -- can become a casualty of the greater good.

Among themany victims of Stalin's purge of the party elite was the party boss of Kiev and candidate memberof the Politburo, Pavel Postyshev.

Seven members of the party's all-powerful nine-man Politburo Standing Committee observed the space docking at mission control near Beijing.

Politburo Standing Committee, Premier Wen Jiabao attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.

The Communist Party Politburo has told the company to restructure.

Ironically, among the invitees are members of the Politburo and other senior government leaders.

The make-up of the Politburo and the Standing Committee is expected to be announced today.

Ultimate authority rests with the 25-member Political Bureau (Politburo) of the CCP and its nine-member Standing Committee.

She was a member of the Politburo from 1980 until 1991 and frequently escorted Fidel to official events.

Chen was removed from his seat in China's ruling Politburo, the country's main decision-making body, when he was arrested.

Of course not: members of the politburo, cabinet or large company board would have consulted grey men in suits like themselves.

Since March no Politburo member has publicly visited Tibet. Comforting earthquake victims, however, presents few political risks.

Government policies are determined by the party through the all-powerful nine-member Politburo and the 49-member Central Committee.

Much of the jockeying for appointments to top jobs is already underway, especially for key slots in the Politburo.

On the one hand since the 1992 party congress no officer has been picked for the all-important standing committee of the Politburo.

Wang Qishan, the mayor of Beijing, who was elevated into the politburo, has been tipped to take responsibility for the financial sector.

In April, Juan Carlos Robinson, one of the youngest members of the 21-strong politburo, was abruptly sacked.

The sympathetic eye of the central government and recent visits from high-ranking politburo members may have smoothed the way.

However, China's Politburo said on Friday that it wanted to maintain "steady and relatively fast" economic growth.

In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolayev.

Longtime Soviet politburo leader and general secretary of the Communist Party Leonid Brezhnev gave a 3-foot-long crystal drinking horn.

The Politburo's solution was to command state-owned enterprises to "go out" and buy or lease farmland by the millions of acres.

A day later, he was 14th (out of 15) on a list of short bios of regular and alternate Politburo members.

Even Hamas, whose politburo shelters in Damascus, last month declined to stage a show of support for the Assads.

In October, Zhou Yongkang, a member of China's ruling Politburo Standing Committee, stood next to Kim during a Pyongyang military parade.

His Politburo and Central Committee comrades had no real stomach for reform .

The Politburo met to discuss raising the price of a box of matches.

Wang is also a member of the Politburo in Beijing and is considered one of the most innovative thinkers in China's leadership today.

Not a smart decision at best the politburo is unpatriotic, at worst is controlled by communist china.

At last week's Communist Party of Vietnam Congress, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung kept his position in the country's governing Politburo.

Could future technological standards be driven by the Chinese Communist Party Politburo, as well as Steve Jobs?

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, echoed the Politburo on Monday in announcing the new direction of monetary policy.

On the same day, the Politburo met in an emergency session to discuss matters pertaining to Lin Biao.

The ruling politburo fears unrest, and few things stir unrest more than unemployment.

We also asked a leading China-watcher to comment on what it's like to be governed by a Politburo of engineers.

Chernenko, Brezhnev's personal chief of staff, made candidate member of Politburo.

(Okay -- maybe not the Politburo member's house).

Today, there are still no female members of the supreme leadership body, the standing committee of the politburo.

During the live rehearsal, the Politburo member said Miaoke's voice "must change, " Chen said.

In November 2003 and February 2004 the Politburo held special sessions on the rise and fall of nations since the 15th century.

This too makes sense for three fourths of China's politburo consists of young technocrats.

From 1997 to 1998 the Politburo alternate member, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the party group.

The apotheosis of this is a speech, by a member of the Chinese politburo, which goes on, unedited, for ten whole pages.

Since March no Politburo member has publicly visited Tibet.

"There's no figure in the Politburo handling foreign policy, " Mr. Jin said, "and that's a big problem. "

The senior body of China's Communist Party is the Politburo's standing committee.

In China all but one of the nine members of the Politburo Standing Committee are engineers.

The series, which took three years to make, emanated from a Politburo study session in 2003.

The politburo hates being seen to bow to external pressure.

She spots a shock of white, but her tenure in the Politburo just ended.

A further grim session of the Politburo followed at Lushan in 1970 .

Part of the problem may be incentives in China's Politburo-driven economic system.

Past practice suggests that one or two potential successors should have been appointed to the Politburo by now.

That is what the Politburo wants to see.

Members of the ultra-left politburo sit under a big red banner.

Why would the Chinese politburo be better at smoothing out economic cycles?

But even in China many people will have attributed this disaster to an "act of God" rather than a foul-up by the Politburo (see article).

His aunt Kim Kyong Hui became a member of the Politburo and her husband Jang Song Thaek was made an alternate.

In short, if the Politburo issues an order, it doesn't really matter what the Chinese banks' foreign shareholders think.

That doesn't mean the Politburo can rest easy.

Mr Wang, who is 56, has been a member of the ruling Politburo since 2007.

ReprintsMr Wang, who is 56, has been a member of the ruling Politburo since 2007.

First State Councilor Liu Yandong, who is also the only female in the 25-person Politburo.

As he prepares to leave the ruling Politburo, China's prime minister warns parliament of troubles ahead

Yet dismay should be the Politburo's principal response to the findings of a recent study by the National Economic Research Institute, a

On Friday, Xinhua released a news item listing party personnel in Hu's entourage: Wang Gang, an alternate member of Politburo;