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General Secretary of the Communist Party

Leader of a communist party; de facto leader of one-party communist states

Leader of a communist party; de facto leader of one-party communist states

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 communist state the general secretary is typically the country's de facto leader. Except in Vietnam, 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 serves on the communist party's politburo and secretariat.

General secretaries of ruling communist parties

PartyTitleOfficeholderTook officeLength of tenureRef.[[File:WPK symbol.svg80px]]Workers' Party of Korea[[File:Danghui.svg80px]]Chinese Communist Party[[File:LPRP logo.svg80px]]Lao People's Revolutionary Party[[File:Communist Party of Cuba logo.svg80px]]Communist Party of Cuba[[File:Communist Party of Vietnam flag logo.svg80px]]Communist Party of Vietnam
General SecretaryKim Jong-un[[File:Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin (2023-09-13) 12 (cropped).jpg80px]]11 April 2012
General Secretary of the Central CommitteeXi Jinping[[File:Xi Jinping 2025 (cropped).jpg80px]]15 November 2012
General Secretary of the Central Committee[[File:Thongloun Sisoulith (cropped, 2024) 01.jpg80px]]15 January 2021
First Secretary of the Central Committee[[File:24.01.2023 - Encontro com o Presidente da República de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel - 52647526820 (cropped).jpg80px]]19 April 2021
General Secretary of the Central Committee[[File:Keir Starmer meets Tô Lâm 29-10-2025 (6) (cropped).jpg80px]]3 August 2024

References

References

  1. Kim, Jack. (11 April 2012). "N.Korea's Kim Jong-un named party "first secretary"". [[Reuters]].
  2. [[Cheng Li. "Xi Jinping 习近平". [[Brookings Institution]].
  3. (15 January 2021). "Communist party of Laos names PM Thongloun as new leader -state media". [[Reuters]].
  4. (19 April 2021). "Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief". [[BBC News]].
  5. (3 August 2024). "Vietnam: To Lam confirmed as country's top leader". [[DW News]].
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