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Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

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Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Центральный комитет Коммунистической партии Российской Федерации
Information
First SecretaryGennady Zyuganov
Responsible to Party Congress
Preceded byCentral Committee of the CP RSFSR
Meeting place
16th building, Ol'khovskaya Ulitsa Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia 105066

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is the highest body of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. The members of the Central Committee are elected through secret ballot by the Congress of the party for a 4-year term. The Central Committee determines the activities of the party. Gennady Zyuganov has been the chairman of the Central Committee since 1993.

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Central Committee is standing administrative body of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. The Committee addresses any issues outside the exclusive jurisdiction of the Party Congress and not settled by rulings of the Congress.

Planeries of the Central Committee are held by the Presidium at least once a 4 months.[1]

Presidium and Secretariat

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Presidium and Secretariat are central bodies inside the Central Committee.

Presidium implements the rulings of the Congress and is the main executive authority of the party between the Central Committee Plenaries. Presidium is elected from the members of the Central Committee. Chairman of the Central Committee is the head of the Presidium and this position is held by Gennady Zyuganov since 1993.

Secretariat is accountable for day-to-day party operations and is mainly a technical body to the Presidium. Members of the Secretariat are also elected by the Central Committee.[2]

Current composition

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Current composition of the Central Committee was formed in April 2021 at the XVIII Congress of CPRF.[3] A total of 188 members were elected to the Central Committee and 141 gained the status of candidates for membership. The most notable changes were made to the Presidium as Yury Afonin became First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee and several notable politicians left the Presidium, including first secretary of Moscow city committee Valery Rashkin, former Governor of Irkutsk Oblast Sergey Levchenko, former first secretary of Saint Petersburg city committee Olga Khodunova and former State Duma member Sergey Reshulsky.[4]

Presidium

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Secretariat

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