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{{Short description|Executive committee of a communist party}}
[[File:Execute 346 Politburo passes.jpg|thumb|274px|The Soviet Politburo passes a resolution to execute 346 "enemies of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|CPSU]] and the Soviet Government" who led "counter-revolutionary, pro-trotskyist, plotting and spying activities", signed by secretary [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], 17 January 1940]]
A '''politburo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɒ|l|ɪ|t|b|j|ʊər|oʊ}}) or '''political bureau''' is the [[executive committee]] for [[communist party|communist parties]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politburo |title=Received 2012-02-02 |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |date=2012-08-31 |access-date=2014-06-16}}</ref> It is present in most former and existing [[Communist state|communist states]].
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