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{{short description|Leader of a communist party; de facto leader of one-party communist states}}'''General Secretary''' or '''First Secretary''' is the official title of leaders of most communist parties. When a communist party is the ruling party in a Communist-led [[Social:One-party state|one-party state]], the General Secretary is typically the country's ''de facto'' leader—though sometimes this leader also holds state-level positions (such as a [[Social:President (government title)|presidency]] or [[Social:Premier|premier]]ship) in order to hold ''de jure'' leadership of the state as well. One exception to this rule is the {{wipe|China}} from 1978 to 1990 where the chairman and then General Secretary of the Communist Party were subordinate to elder [[Biography:Deng Xiaoping|Deng Xiaoping]] who was the ''de facto'' [[Social:Paramount leader|Paramount leader]] of China.
==Leaders of current communist parties==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! rowspan=2| Country
! rowspan=2| Official title
! class="unsortable" rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name
! colspan=2| Term of office
! class="unsortable" rowspan=2| Other names
! class="unsortable" rowspan=2| Ref.
|-
! Took office
! Time in office
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| {{flag|China}}
| [[File:Danghui.svg|20px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party''
| [[File:Xi Jinping in 2016.jpg|150px]]
| '''[[Biography:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1953)}}
| 15 November 2012
| {{ayd|2012|11|15}}
| ''Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party'' {{small|(1922–25 & 1943–82)}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Cuba}}
| <br />''First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba''
| [[File:Miguel Díaz-Canel 2019.jpg|197x197px]]
| '''Miguel Díaz-Canel'''<br />{{small|(born 1960)}}
| 19 April 2021
| {{ayd|2021|04|19}}
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Cyprus}}
| ''General Secretary of the Progressive Party of Working People''
| 
| '''Stefanos Stefanou'''<br />{{small|(born 1965)}}
| 4 July 2021
| {{ayd|2021|07|04}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
| {{flag|France}}
| [[File:Logopcf13.png|35px|link=]]<br />''National Secretary of the French Communist Party''
| [[File:Roussel Fabien 1.jpg|150px]]
| '''Fabien Roussel'''<br />{{small|(born 1969)}}
| 25 November 2018
| {{ayd|2018|11|28}}
| ''General Secretary of the French Communist Party'' {{small|(1921–1994)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| {{Flag|India}}
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|35px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Communist Party of India''
| [[File:D.Raja M.P.JPG|150px]]
| '''D. Raja'''<br />{{small|(born 1949)}}
| 21 July 2019
| {{ayd|2019|07|22}}
| {{n/a}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Correspondent |first=Special |date=2019-07-21 |title=D. Raja takes over as CPI general secretary |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/d-raja-takes-over-as-cpi-general-secretary/article28626860.ece |access-date=2022-12-08 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|35px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)''
| [[File:Yechuri 1.JPG|150px]]
| '''Sitaram Yechury'''<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}
| 19 April 2015
| {{ayd|2015|04|19}}
| {{n/a}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2022-04-10 |title=Sitaram Yechury gets re-elected as CPI-M general secretary for third time |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/sitaram-yechury-gets-re-elected-as-cpi-m-general-secretary-for-third-time-122041000536_1.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-10 |title=Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI(M) general secretary for third term |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/sitaram-yechury-re-elected-as-cpim-general-secretary-for-third-term-1099418.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Italy}}
| [[File:Partito Comunista Italiano (2016).svg|35px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party''
| 
| '''Mauro Alboresi'''<!--<br />{{small|(born ?)}}-->
| 26 June 2016
| {{ayd|2016|06|26}}
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Japan}}
| [[File:Flag of JCP.svg|35px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Japanese Communist Party''
| [[File:Kazuo Shii in SL Square in 2017.jpg|150px]]
| '''Kazuo Shii'''<br />{{small|(born 1954)}}
| 24 November 2000
| {{ayd|2000|11|24}}
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
| {{flag|North Korea}} 
| [[File:WPK symbol.svg|20px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea''
| [[File:Kim and Trump standing next to each other (cropped).jpg|150px]]
| '''[[Biography:Kim Jong-un|Kim Jong-un]]'''<br />{{small|(born {{circa|1982}})}}
| 11 April 2012
| {{ayd|2012|04|11}}
| ''Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea'' {{small|(1946–1966)}}<br>''General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea'' {{small|(1966–1997)}}<br>''General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea'' {{small|(1997–2012)}}<br>''First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea'' {{small|(2012–2016)}}<br>''Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea'' {{small|(2016–2021)}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Laos}}
| [[File:Flag of LPRP.svg|20px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party''
| [[File:Thongloun_Sisoulith_with_Obamas_cropped.jpg|150px]]
| '''Thongloun Sisoulith'''<br />{{small|(born 1945)}}
| 15 January 2021
| {{ayd|2021|01|15}}
| ''Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party'' {{small|(1991–2006)}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Portugal}}
| [[File:Portuguese Communist Party logo.svg|35px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party''
| [[File:Paulo Raimundo, Conferência Nacional do PCP 2022 (cropped).png|150px]]
| '''Paulo Raimundo'''<br />{{small|(born 1976)}}
| 12 November 2022
| {{ayd|2022|11|12}}
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[File:КПРФ Logo.svg|20px|link=]]<br />''First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation''
| [[File:Gennady Zyuganov, 2013.jpeg|150px]]
| '''[[Biography:Gennady Zyuganov|Gennady Zyuganov]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| 14 February 1993
| {{ayd|1993|02|14}}
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[File:Pce_2014.svg|35px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain''
| [[File:(Enrique Santiago) (1 de mayo de 2018) IMG 0416 (41134553744) (cropped).jpg|150px]]
| '''Enrique Santiago'''<br />{{small|(born 1964)}}
| 8 April 2018
| {{ayd|2018|04|08}}
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| ''General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain''
| [[File:Robert Griffiths, Britain Needs Socialism, 2011.jpg|150px]]
| '''Robert Griffiths'''<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}
| 1 January 1998
| {{ayd|1998|01|01}}
| {{n/a}}
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|-
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[File:CPUSA.svg|20px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Communist Party USA''
| 
| '''Rossana Cambron''' & '''Joe Sims'''<br />{{small|(as co-chairs)}}
| 23 June 2019
| {{ayd|2019|06|23}}
| {{n/a}}
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|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| [[File:Communist Party of Vietnam flag logo.svg|20px|link=]]<br />''General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam''
| [[File:Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong.jpg|150px]]
| '''Nguyễn Phú Trọng'''<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| 8 January 2011
| {{ayd|2011|01|08}}
| ''Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam'' {{small|(1951–69)}}<br>''First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam'' {{small|(1951–76)}}
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}Greece
|{{Symbol|Kke.svg}} [[Social:Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of the [[Social:Central committee|Central Committee]] of the Communist Party of Greece
|[[File:Koytsoympas 0.jpg|150px]]
|'''Dimitris Koutsoubas'''<small><br />(born 1955)</small>
|14 April 2013
| {{ayd|2013|04|14}}
|Chairman/President 
<small>(Unofficial)</small>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Australia}}{{wipe|Australia}}
|{{Symbol|Communist Party of Australia logo 2020.png}} [[Social:Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of the Communist Party of Australia
|
|'''Andrew Irving'''<small><br />(unknown birth date)</small>
|14 April 2019
| {{ayd|2019|04|14}}
| {{n/a}}
|}

==Leaders of former communist parties==
{|class="wikitable"
!Official title!!Last!!Term end!!Other names
|-
|&nbsp;''First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania''
|{{flagicon|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}} Ramiz Alia
[[File:Ramiz Alia (i ri).jpg|150px]]
|4 May 1991
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:Bandera del Partido Comunista B%C3%BAlgaro.png|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party''
|{{flagicon|People's Republic of Bulgaria}} Petar Mladenov
[[File:Petar Mladenov 1978 (cropped).jpg|150px]]
|15 January 1990
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:Emblem of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea''
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg}} [[Biography:Pol Pot|Pol Pot]]
[[File:Pol Pot.jpg|150px]]
|8 December 1981
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:Flag of PRPB.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin''
|{{flagicon|Benin}} Mathieu Kérékou
[[File:Mathieu Kerekou FOCR (cropped).jpg|150px]]
|1 March 1990
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|&nbsp;''General Secretary of the New Jewel Movement''
|{{flagicon|Grenada}} Maurice Bishop
[[File:Maurice Bishop 1982-06-11.jpg|150px]]
|19 October 1983
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|&nbsp;''General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia''
|{{flagicon|Ethiopia|1987}} Mengistu Haile Mariam
[[File:Mengistu Haile Mariam 4.jpg|150px]]
|21 May 1991
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|''General Secretary of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party''
|{{flagicon|Somalia}} Siad Barre
[[File:Siad Barre.png|150px]]
|26 January 1991
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:Emblem of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan''
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|1987}} Mohammad Najibullah
[[File:Mohammad Najibullah 1986.jpg|150px]]
|16 April 1992
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:PCUS Emblema.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union''
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Biography:Mikhail Gorbachev|Mikhail Gorbachev]]
[[File:RIAN archive 850809 General Secretary of the CPSU CC M. Gorbachev (crop).jpg|150px]]
|24 August 1991
|''Technical Secretary of the Bolshevik Party'' {{small|(1917–18)}}<br>''Chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)'' {{small|(1918–19)}}<br>''Responsible Secretary of the RCP(b)'' {{small|(1919–22)}}<br>''First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union'' {{small|(1953–66)}}
|-
|''General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party''
|{{flagicon|Hungarian People's Republic}} Károly Grósz
[[File:Grósz Károly 1986.jpg|150px]]
|7 October 1989
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:Emblem of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia''
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}} Karel Urbánek
|20 December 1989
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:POL PZPR logo.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party''
|{{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} Mieczysław Rakowski
[[File:Mieczysław Rakowski.jpg|150px]]
|29 January 1990
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:Coat of arms of PCR.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party''
|{{flagicon|Socialist Republic of Romania}} Nicolae Ceaușescu
[[File:Nicolae Ceaușescu.jpg|150px]]
|22 December 1989
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:SED Logo.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany''
|{{flagicon|East Germany}} Egon Krenz
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0704-400, Egon Krenz.jpg|150px]]
|3 December 1989
|{{n/a|}}
|-
|[[File:Emblem of the SKJ.svg|20px|link=]]&nbsp;''President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia''
|{{flagicon|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}} Milan Pančevski
|30 June 1990
|{{n/a|}}
|}

==See also==
*[[Social:Secretary (title)|Secretary (title)]]
*Secretary-general

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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