Nomenklatura 干部职务名称表制度

The nomenklatura (Russian:номенклату́ра;IPA: [nəmʲɪnklɐˈturə]; Latin:nomenclatura) were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the communist party of each country or region.