Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact

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The Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact was the principal political decision-making and coordinating body of the Warsaw Treaty Organization, bringing together the leaders of its member states to shape common foreign and defense policies during the Cold War.

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instanceOf governing body
international political organization body
appliesToJurisdiction Warsaw Pact member states
composition defense ministers of Warsaw Pact members
foreign ministers of Warsaw Pact members
heads of state of Warsaw Pact members
party leaders of Warsaw Pact members
coordinationWith Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
country Soviet Union
describedBySource historical studies of the Warsaw Pact
dissolved 1991
fieldOfWork Cold War politics
defense policy
foreign policy
military alliance coordination
followedBy dissolution of the Warsaw Pact
hasMember Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
hasRole coordination body for Warsaw Pact policies
principal political decision-making body of the Warsaw Pact
inception 1955
languageOfWorkOrName German
Polish
Russian
other Warsaw Pact member languages
locationOfMeetings Moscow
Warsaw Pact member capitals
memberOf Eastern Bloc institutions
operatingArea Eastern Bloc
Europe
parentOrganization Warsaw Pact
partOf Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Treaty Organization
linked to: Warsaw Pact
purpose to coordinate common defense policy of Warsaw Pact states
to provide political leadership for the Warsaw Pact
to shape common foreign policy of Warsaw Pact states
significantEvent Cold War
Soviet–Eastern Bloc military coordination
timePeriod Cold War
usedFor consultation on security issues among Warsaw Pact members
coordination of positions in international organizations
formulation of joint communiqués and declarations

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Political Consultative Committee hasAlternativeName Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Political Consultative Committee hasAlternativeName Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
linked to: Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Committee of Ministers of Defense parentOrganization Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Committee of Ministers of Defense subordinateTo Warsaw Pact Political Consultative Committee
linked to: Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Committee on Technology and Armaments hasSupervisingOrganization Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Operation Danube justificationUsedBy Warsaw Pact leadership
linked to: Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact Joint Command hierarchicalSuperior Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Henryk Jabłoński associatedWith Warsaw Pact political structures
linked to: Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact subordinateTo Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact