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

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