Politburo, from German Politbüro, short for Political Bureau, (Russian: Политическое Бюро; Politicheskoye Buro),'s the executive committee for a number of political parties, most notably those of communists. Marxist-Leninist states In Marxist-Leninist states, the party's seen as "the vanguard of the people" and therefore usually has the power to control the state, and the non-state party offici… (More on Politburo)