General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada

The General Secretary of the Central Committee (French: Secrétaire général(e) du Comité central) is the leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC–ML), and chairperson of the Central Committee's Politburo. The General Secretary is the de facto leader of the Communist Party, and is directly elected at the end of each session of the Party Congress.