Back السكرتير العام للحزب الشيوعي السوفييتي Arabic Secretariu Xeneral del Partíu Comunista de la Xunión Soviética AST Генеральны сакратар ЦК КПСС Byelorussian Генерален секретар на ЦК на КПСС Bulgarian সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়নের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টির সাধারণ সম্পাদক Bengali/Bangla Generalni sekretar Komunističke partije Sovjetskog Saveza BS Secretari general del Partit Comunista de la Unió Soviètica Catalan Generální tajemník Komunistické strany Sovětského svazu Czech ССКП ТК Тĕп секретарĕ CV Generalsekretærer i Sovjetunionens kommunistiske parti Danish
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the top position in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. As the leader of the only legal political party, the General Secretary served as the de facto leader but not necessarily head of government or head of state, although the actual head of government was the Premier, before Stalin turned the position of General Secretary into the most powerful in the Soviet Union. According 1977 Constitution the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the President and Chairman of the Council of Minister was the Premier. Lenin led the nation as Premier.
The office was called First Secretary from 1953 to 1966.