Word: premiership
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...collective leadership." If Brezhnev were to retire in the near future, his titular successor would probably be Politburo Member Andrei Kirilenko, 69, an old Brezhnev crony, who has acted for Brezhnev during his recent illnesses. Kiril Mazurov, 61, at present Kosygin's standin, is expected to inherit the premiership. Potential second-stage succes sors to Brezhnev's job include such relative youngsters as Fyodor Kulakov, 58, who supervises agriculture for the par ty, and Konstantin Katushev, 48, the Party Secretary in charge of keeping East European parties in line...
...said appointment of Hua over Teng seems to indicate that Chairman Mao Tse-tung is still very much in power and that China is not going back to the leftist principles of the cultural revolution, because Hua does not represent those principles. "Hau is a front runner for the premiership," he added...
That fact alone represents one of the most astounding personal turnabouts in recent history. A few years ago, Teng, rather than standing in line for the premiership of China, was in deep and seemingly irremediable disgrace. In the early 1960s, before the cataclysmic Cultural Revolution, Teng was Secretary-General of the Communist Party and one of the most powerful figures in China. But in 1966 he was ruthlessly attacked by the Red Guards and the radical factions in the party that spurred on the Cultural Revolution. In accordance with China's political style, Teng was not officially denounced by name...
...most important man in the Israeli Cabinet, has emerged as his country's leading hawk on the crucial question of how to negotiate with the Arabs. He is thus a man that Premier Yitzhak Rabin (not to mention Kissinger) must reckon with. Peres almost defeated Rabin for the premiership last April, and is a plausible candidate to replace him if Rabin should falter...
...Soviet Union that is China's enemy." Although some Western experts argue that Teng is overrated and that his power depends almost completely on Chou's patronage, most feel that if Chou's health should deteriorate further, Teng will be the front runner for the premiership; if a collective leadership should follow Mao's meeting with Karl Marx, Teng will almost certainly be a major participant...