"General Secretary" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəl ˈsɛk.ɹəˌtə.ɹi/ Forms: General Secretaries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=General Secretary}} General Secretary (plural General Secretaries)
  1. Chief officer or leader of a political party or organization, especially in Communist contexts. Wikipedia link: General Secretary Synonyms: First Secretary, Secretary General, general secretary Translations (chief administrator of political parties or organizations): secretari general [masculine] (Catalan), 總書記 (Chinese Mandarin), 总书记 (zǒngshūjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 秘書長 (Chinese Mandarin), 秘书长 (mìshūzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), pääsihteeri (Finnish), secrétaire général [masculine] (French), გენერალური მდივანი (generaluri mdivani) (Georgian), Generalsekretär [masculine] (German), γενικός γραμματέας (genikós grammatéas) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), főtitkár (Hungarian), sekretaris umum (Indonesian), Ard-Rúnaí [masculine] (Irish), 総書記 (sōshoki) (alt: そうしょき) (Japanese), 총비서 (chongbiseo) (Korean), sekretarz generalny [masculine] (Polish), secretário-geral [masculine] (Portuguese), secretar general [masculine] (Romanian), генера́льный секрета́рь (generálʹnyj sekretárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), генсе́к (gensék) [masculine] (Russian), katibu mkuu (Swahili), generalsekreterare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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