What is Central Committee?
In [[Political party|political parties]], the '''Central Committee''' (also called '''Steering Committee''' or '''National Committee''') is a group of party members that make all decisions for the party. The Committee is usually led by a [[Chairman]]. The Committee usually elects its Chairman to represent it, and also elects other important members of the party. In [[one-party dictatorship]]s, the Central Committee is all-powerful and leads the country. In the [[Soviet Union]], for example, [[Joseph Stalin]], used his power as [[General Secretary]] to have complete control over the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]'s Central Committee and was able to become more powerful than the Committee itself. [[Category:Forms of government]] {{politics-stub}}