apparatchik
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As a KGB operative and then an assiduous apparatchik, he avoided attention.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Cuba’s government is still dominated by Raúl Castro, 94 years old, the younger brother of Fidel, while President Miguel Díaz-Canel, 65, an unpopular apparatchik, runs day-to-day affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
It was spearheaded by the agency’s Office of the Chief Counsel, which is currently led by an apparatchik named John Miles.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2025
Across the Florida Straits, Díaz-Canel, viewed largely as an apparatchik, dug in.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021
Park said he lost his position as head of taekwondo training in Pyongyang in 2002, after squabbling with a midlevel apparatchik who apparently snitched on him to higher-ups in the government.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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