Politburo

A Politburo was a ruling council for communist political parties.

The Soviet Communist Party had a Politburo. In 1951, it comprised of Joseph Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Nikita Khrushchev, Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, and Vyacheslav Molotov. (PROSE: Endgame) Khrushchev exercised considerable control over the Politburo even after he was removed as the party's General Secretary in 1964. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

In 1989, the Seventh Doctor travelled to East Berlin, posing as an agent of the Politburo named Major Johann Schmidt. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive)