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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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Leaders of current ruling communist parties
Party Title Officeholder Took office Length of tenure Ref.
Chinese Communist Party General Secretary of the Central Committee Xi Jinping 15 November 2012 12 years, 33 days [1]
Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary of the Central Committee Miguel Díaz-Canel 19 April 2021 3 years, 243 days [2]
Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary of the Central Committee Tô Lâm 3 August 2024 137 days [3]
Lao People's Revolutionary Party General Secretary of the Central Committee Thongloun Sisoulith 15 January 2021 3 years, 338 days [4]
Workers' Party of Korea General Secretary Kim Jong-un 11 April 2012 12 years, 251 days [5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Li, Cheng. "Xi Jinping 习近平" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief". BBC News. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Vietnam: To Lam confirmed as country's top leader". DW News. 3 August 2024. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Communist party of Laos names PM Thongloun as new leader -state media". Reuters. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  5. ^ Kim, Jack (11 April 2012). "N.Korea's Kim Jong-un named party "first secretary"". Reuters. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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