cadre

kantahenkilökunta

kaaderi, ydinjoukko A frame or framework.
puhekieltä The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
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puhekieltä The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
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1997, Jae Ho Chung, Chinas Provinces in Reform: Class, community and political culture'', edited by David S.G. Goodman, Routledge, p. 146:

Finally, the exchange, circulation and education of local cadres constitute another key strategy implemented by the provincial leadership in its efforts to diffuse economic development into the backward inland region.

Party cadres must guard against the temptations of power, money and sex.