The office of general secretary (or first secretary) is staffed by the chief officer (sometimes also the leader) of:

• The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace
  General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace
  The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace , previously the Ministry for Macedonia and Thrace is a government agency of the Hellenic Republic that is responsible for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace...
  
  , a government agency for the Greek
  Greece
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
  
   regions of Macedonia
  Macedonia (Greece)
  Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
  
   and Thrace
  Thrace
  Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
  
  
• Some church organizations, such as the National Council of Churches
  National Council of Churches
  The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA is an ecumenical partnership of 37 Christian faith groups in the United States. Its member denominations, churches, conventions, and archdioceses include Mainline Protestant, Orthodox, African American, Evangelical, and historic peace...
  
   and the World Council of Churches
  World Council of Churches
  The World Council of Churches is a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and sub-regional, national and local churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service. It is a Christian ecumenical organization that is based in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland...
  
  
• Some political parties, especially Communist Parties
  Communist party
  A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...
  
  
• Some trades unions, especially in the United Kingdom
• Consumer organizations, such as the National Consumers League
  National Consumers League
  The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is an American consumer organization. The National Consumers League is a private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace and workplace issues....
  
  

A similar title is secretary-general

Secretary-General

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General Secretaries of Communist parties

The official title of the leader of most Communist parties is the "General Secretary of the Central Committee". When a Communist party is in power, the General Secretary is usually the country's de facto leader (though sometimes this leader also holds state-level positions to monopolize power, such as a presidency or premier

Premier

Premier is a title for the head of government in some countries and states.-Examples by country:In many nations, "premier" is used interchangeably with "prime minister"...

ship in order to constitute de jure leadership of the state).

Official title	Incumbent	Term start	Other names
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba	Raúl Castro Raúl Castro Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who has been President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008; he previously exercised presidential powers in an acting capacity from 2006 to 2008...	19 Apr 2011
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam The General Secretary is the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The activities of Politburo and Secretariat are directed by the General Secretary. The post holder also maintains the top position in the Party's Central Military Commission, which is considered the supreme military...	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	19 Jan 2011	First Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the... (1960-76)
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is the office of the highest-ranking member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party- and the de facto leader of Laos. From 1991-2006, the office was titled Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's...	Choummaly Sayasone Choummaly Sayasone Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone is General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic...	21 Mar 2006	Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Lao People's Revolutionary Party The Lao People's Revolutionary Party is a communist political party that has governed Laos since 1975. The policy-making organs are the politburo and the central committee. A party congress, which elects members to the politburo and central committee, is held every five years... (1991-2006)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China General Secretary of the Communist Party of China The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China , officially General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the highest ranking official within the Communist Party of China, a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat...	Hu Jintao Hu Jintao Hu Jintao is the current Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China. He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...	15 Nov 2002	Chairman of the Communist Party of China Chairman of the Communist Party of China The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was the head of the Communist Party of China . In 1982, it was succeeded by the General Secretary of the Central Committee.-History and functions:... (1943-82)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	Robert Griffiths Robert Griffiths (politician) Robert Griffiths is the general-secretary of the Communist Party of Britain . He was elected by the CPB's Executive Committee in January 1998, in place of Mike Hicks, who, along with others, subsequently left the party he had a major role in founding....	Jan 1998
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Prior to 1966 the leader of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was the Chairman of the Central Committee. Since 1966, the year a party congress reformed the structure of the Party, the Central Committee has elected a leader called the General Secretary.-General Secretary of the...	Kim Jong-Il Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il, also written as Kim Jong Il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim born 16 February 1941 or 16 February 1942 , is the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...	08 Oct 1997	Chairman of the Worker's Party of Korea (1949-66)
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Communist Party of the Russian Federation The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a Russian political party. It is the second major political party in the Russian Federation.-History:...	Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation , Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union , deputy of the State Duma , and a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...	14 Feb 1993
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the title given to the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. With some exceptions, the office was synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union...	Office abolished (last: Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991... )	Until 1991	Technical Secretary of the Bolshevik Party(1917-18) Chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918-19) Responsible Secretary of the RCP(b) (1919-22) First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world... (1953-66)
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany	Office abolished (last: Egon Krenz Egon Krenz Egon Krenz is a former politician from East Germany , and that country's last Communist leader... )	Until 1989
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party was a communist political party in Romania. Successor to the Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to communist revolution and the disestablishment of Greater Romania. The PCR was a minor and illegal grouping for much of the...	Office abolished (last: Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceausescu Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader... )	Until 1989
First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour Albanian Party of Labour The Party of Labour of Albania was the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule...	Office abolished (last: Enver Hoxha Enver Hoxha Enver Halil Hoxha was a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary andthe leader of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania... )	Until 1985
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea General Secretary of the Central Committee was the highest office in the Communist Party of Kampuchea. The General Secretary was elected at plenary sessions of the Party's Central Committee, and chaired the Secretariat and Politburo. The office was abolished when the CPK dissolved in 1981, two...	Office abolished (last: Pol Pot Pol Pot Saloth Sar , better known as Pol Pot, , was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea.... )	Until 1981