Party secretary
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In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work. In most parties, the party secretary is second in rank to the party leader (or party chair). In some parties, especially communist parties, the General Secretary is the leader.[citation needed]
There can be party secretaries at various levels of a political party. For example, city-level branches of a communist party may be structured with party secretaries as their leaders.[1] At every level of government in the Chinese Communist Party, the Party committee is the leading political institution, with its Secretary (also known as the Party Secretary) serving as the most senior official at that level.[2] At the provincial level, the secretary of the provincial Party committee outranks the provincial governor.[2] At the city level, the secretary of the municipal Party committee outranks the mayor.[2] The Chinese Community Party also has village party secretaries who are leaders in their communities.[3]
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[edit]- ↑ Kornai, János (1992-04-12). The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism. Princeton University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-691-00393-1.
- 1 2 3 "China's Political System in Charts: A Snapshot Before the 20th Party Congress". Congressional Research Service. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
- ↑ Hillman, Ben (September 2025). "Shouldering the Burden: The Communist Party's Deepening Penetration into Village China". The China Quarterly. 263: 634–648. doi:10.1017/S0305741025000232. ISSN 0305-7410.
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