Joseph Stalin presided on the executive committee for Communist Parties.
In this capacity , he served as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1953 and as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952 .	General Secretary	General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Central Committee	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Soviet	Soviet people	Premier of the Soviet Union	Premier of the Soviet Union
Article 38 of the 1924 Soviet Constitution stated that the Council 's powers , functions and duties were given to it by the Central Executive Committee -LRB- CEC -RRB- which supervised the Council 's work and legislative acts .	1924 Soviet Constitution	1924 Soviet Constitution	Central Executive Committee	Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was an office of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -LRB- CPSU -RRB- that by the late 1920s had evolved into the most powerful of the Central Committee 's various secretaries .	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Central Committee	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union	office	official	secretaries	secretary (title)
