Editing Presidium (section)

==Communist usage==
In [[Communist states]] the presidium is the permanent committee of the legislative body.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of PRESIDIUM |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presidium |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> The [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] existed after 1936, when the [[Supreme Soviet of the USSR]] supplanted the [[Congress of Soviets of the USSR]], as a replacement for the [[Central Executive Committee of the USSR|Central Executive Committee]] which was headed by "the [[Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets of the USSR|Presidium of the Central Executive Committee]]". In its place was the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] alone, no Central Executive Committee, and from 1938 to 1989, the [[Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR|Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] was the formal title of the head of state of the USSR until the office of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet was introduced in 1989, later to be replaced by the [[President of the Soviet Union]] in March 1990. The [[Republics of the Soviet Union]] were each led by Presidiums, such as the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]] and the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]], whose chairmen were the ''de facto'' head of state in those republics.

From 1952 to 1966, the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] was known as the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, but despite the similarity in name with the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]], the two Presidia were very different in power and function.

The term ''presidium'' is currently used in the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] ([[Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly]]) and in the [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Presidium of the National People's Congress]], [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]]; the Chinese word for ''presidium'' is {{lang|zh|主席团}} while ''standing committee'' is {{lang|zh|常务委员会}}). In the same way, the [[Workers' Party of Korea]] is led by the [[Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea]], made up of 5 members or fewer.