Communist Party's ruling body (9)

I believe the answer is:

politburo

(Other definitions for politburo that I've seen before include "Leading Communist Party committee" , "Ruling Soviet committee" , "21 [SOVIET] structure" , "Former USSR rulers" , "Communist organization" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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