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commissar

in the former Soviet Union
1. an official of the Communist Party responsible for political education, esp in a military unit
2. (before 1946) the head of a government department
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The interviews most " 'clogged' with ideological cliches" were those with political commissars, who "understood the political nuances of making certain statements" (135).
The Rising Cohort's Vice Admiral Jiang Weilie, for example, who joined the PLA in 1972, is not far removed from the Old Guard's deputy political commissar Vice Admiral Wang Dengping or deputy commander Vice Admiral Du Jingchen, who joined the PLA in 1970 and 1969, respectively.
Among further consequences of the catastrophe Roberts cites the return of political commissars with veto powers over military decisions and the use of so-called blocking detachments, whose task it was to shoot on the spot anyone turning tail.
Senior Colonel Cai Xihong was appointed garrison commander and Senior Colonel Liao Chaoyi was appointed political commissar, ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said.
Analysts said Ri s fall from power was inevitable after Choe Ryong-Hae, a civilian party official, became the military s top political commissar -- Director of the General Political Bureau.
"The internet is complicated and we should guard against online traps," said Wan Long, the political commissar of a regiment in Guangzhou.
The permanent facilities at the base points will provide a substantial legal basis for China's claim over them, said Zou, who is political commissar of the PLA Navy's survey team.
LTTE leaders, including its former political commissar Suppu Paramu Thamilchelvan visited expatriate communities after the signing of the ceasefire agreement with the Government in 2002, and sought generous donations for their struggle.
He does not neglect one grim aftermath: the Red political commissar with the southern Russian army was an obscure Georgian, one Josef Stalin, who blamed the overall Russian commander, an ex-Tsarist named Mikhail Tukhachevsky, for Russia's failure to take the Polish capital.
I read Sr Col Wang Qigui's section of the article "Chinese Servicemen's Views of USAF Airmen and Education" (Winter 2007) with great interest to gain a perspective of what a communist political commissar thought about the American military system that operates without "political units or political officers" (p.
Further military training followed at the Tobias Hainyeko Training Centre, where Anita was made political commissar for a company of 250 soldiers, whom she mobilised and motivated into action.
Later served in the army as political commissar, chief tutor before retiring as Lt.
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