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Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

highest body of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ19894158 ↗
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The Politburo, also known as the Political Bureau, is the highest executive authority of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). Its members are elected by the Central Committee, which is in turn elected at the Party Congress, typically convened every three years.

History

Many a time in the history of the Politburo, it has experienced periods of dissent and ideological tensions.

For instance, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, a co-founder of CPI(M), general secretary from 1978 to 1992 and member of the Politburo from 1964 to 1998, conducted some expulsions within the Central Committee, to combat those engaging in revisionism as well as those affected by supposed "bourgeois parliamentary mentality".

Functions and composition

Elections

The All-India Party Congress, typically convened every three years, serves as the supreme authority of the CPI(M). Between sessions of the Party Congress, the Central Committee functions as the highest decision-making body. The Central Committee elects a Politburo from among its members, including the General Secretary, who is the party's principal leader.

Functions

The Politburo functions as the executive body responsible for carrying out the work of the Central Committee between its sessions. It has the authority to make political and organisational decisions in the period between two meetings of the Central Committee. Additionally, the Politburo oversees the Central Secretariat, which manages the party's day-to-day operations and assists in the implementation of decisions taken by the Central Committee.

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This entry incorporates text from “Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.