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apparatchik

In a communist political system, an employee of the apparat, or state bureaucracy; that is, a full-time, senior party official.



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Centrally planned economies invariably create societies with the self-perpetuating elite of apparatchiki.
The beginning of economic wisdom by Novak, Michael / The National Interest
Unlike post-communist Central Europe, the current Russian political elite is an alliance of the KGB-military leadership with former apparatchiki and criminalized oligarchs; all the current top Russian leaders could be serving in the Soviet government if the Soviet Union still existed.
Living With Russia by Brzezinski, Zbigniew / The National Interest
In the USSR, democratization was a necessary precondition for the introduction of market reforms, for no other force could control the communist apparatchiki.
Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire by Aslund, Anders / The National Interest
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