General Secretary of the Communist Party
THE MOST SENIOR POSITION IN THE COMMUNIST STATE
First Secretary of the Communist Party; Communist Party General Secretary; Communist Party General Secretaries
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 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 presidency or premiership) in order to hold de jure leadership of the state as well.