apparatchik
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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
Like Ben Houchen on Teesside, Andy Street had campaigned as his own man, not a party apparatchik.
From BBC • May 4, 2024
“Zhang epitomized the image of the bland apparatchik that the party has worked hard to cultivate,” said Jude Blanchette, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2021
What, then, was this formerly shameless apparatchik attempting to rehabilitate?
From Slate • Jun. 30, 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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