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Presidium|prɪˈsɪdɪʌm, -z-|
Also Præsidium.
[Russ. prezídium, ad. L. præsidium, garrison, f. præsidēre (see preside v.).]
The presiding body or standing committee in a Communistic organization, esp. in the Supreme Soviet. Also attrib.
1924Observer 23 Mar. 13/5 In a second decree the Presidium of the Union C.E.C. decided to replace the sentence of ten years strict isolation passed on the Catholic Archbishop Ciepliak by the All-Russian C.E.C. by expulsion from the territories of the Union of Socialist and Soviet Republics. 1927Glasgow Herald 10 Oct. 11 Mr Arthur Horner (South Wales), a member of the National Executive of the Miners' Federation, presided, and was supported by a presidium of 11. 1930Economist 1 Nov. (Russian Suppl.) 1/2 The Central Executive Committee meets ordinarily about three times a year and, when it is not sitting, is represented by a small elected committee or Presidium, and by the Council of People's Commissaries, which is the executive organ. 1931G. D. H. Cole in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. 727 The Congress [of Soviets]..is..an occasional gathering of delegates, represented between sessions by a Præsidium. 1955Times 9 May 10/3 The presidium of the Supreme Soviet yesterday annulled the Anglo-Soviet and Franco-Soviet treaties of alliance. Ibid. 14 July 6/6 The Praesidium, known in Stalin's day as the Politburo, is the highest policy-making body in the Soviet Union. 1958Spectator 20 June 791/3 Khrushchev's last execution of a Præsidium member, in 1956, was kept quiet for a month or so. 1960Evening Bull. (Philadelphia) 14 Dec. 13/6 A Russian official who made the mistake of referring to a member of the Presidium (the 14-member body that rules the Soviet Union) as a fool. 1968Listener 1 Aug. 133/3 Dubcek started at the top with his bloodless revolution. First, he infiltrated the Party Praesidium, effectively the Party's ruling body, and excluded Novotny supporters in separate reshuffles. 1974L. Deighton Spy Story xiii. 129 Madame Furtseva, the first woman to reach the Presidium of the Central Committee. |