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{{Infobox official post
| post                     = General Secretary
| body                     = the<br>Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
| native_name              = {{lang|ru|Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС}}
| flag                     = Flag of the CPSU.svg
| flagsize                 = 150px
| flagborder               = 
| flagcaption              = Flag of the CPSU
| insignia                 = Hammer and Sickle (CPSU; variant).svg
| insigniasize             = 100px
| insigniacaption          = Emblem of the CPSU
| image                    = Sabrican Garayev.png
| imagesize                = 250px
| alt                      = 
| incumbent                = [[Sabrican Garayev]]
| incumbentsince          = 2010
| department = [[Central Committee of the CPSU (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Central Committee of the CPSU]]<br>[[Secretariat of the CPSU (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Secretariat of the CPSU]]
| style                    = {{wp|Comrade}} General Secretary<br/><small>(Informal)</small>
| member_of                = [[Politburo of the CPSU (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Politburo]]<br>[[Secretariat of the CPSU (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Secretariat]]
| reports_to               = CPSU
| residence                = {{wp|Kremlin Senate}}
| seat                     = {{wp|Kremlin}}, [[Moscow (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moscow]]
| nominator                = 
| appointer                = [[Central Committee of the CPSU (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Central Committee]]
| precursor                = ''Position created''
| formation                = 3 April, 1922
| first                    = {{wp|Joseph Stalin}}
| abbreviation             = General Secretary of the CPSU
| unofficial_names         = Gensek
}}
The '''General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union'''{{efn|{{lang-ru|Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС|Generalny sekretar TSK KPSS}}}} is the {{wp|party leader|leader}} of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU), the {{wp|one-party state|sole-ruling}} party of the [[Soviet Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]].

The general secretary heads and directs the activities of the communist party, which is given an absolute monopoly on all political power. The general secretary is thus considered the de-facto {{wp|supreme leader}} of the Soviet Union. 
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