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Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Marxist–Leninist founding and ruling party of the Soviet Union
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
communist political party and ruling state party of the GDR
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
The '''People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (, abbr. MPLA), from 1977 to 1990 called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party''' (), is an Angolan social democratic political party. The MPLA fought against the Portuguese Army in the Angolan War of Independence from 1961 to 1974, and defeated the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) in the Angolan Civil War, which has been described as "one of the longest, most brutal and deadliest wars of the last century." The party has ruled Angola si
Party of Labour of Albania
1941-1991 political party in Albania
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
communist political party in Yugoslavia
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
political party in former Czechoslovakia
Romanian Communist Party
communist party in Romania (1921–1989)
Bulgarian Communist Party
political party in Bulgaria between 1919 and 1990
People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
ruling political party in Afghanistan from 1978 to 1992
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
ruling political party in Hungary from 1956 to 1989
Hungarian Working People's Party
communist party (1948-1956)
Cambodian People's Party
Cambodian political party
Mongolian People's Party
Mongolian political party
Communist Party of Kampuchea
communist party in Cambodia
Workers' Party of Ethiopia
Marxist-Leninist political party in Ethiopia, 1984–91
Nepal Communist Party
communist party in Nepal founded in 2018
Communist Party of Kazakhstan
communist party ruling Kazakhstan during the era of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of Tajikistan
political party in Tajikistan
People's Revolutionary Party of Benin
political party in Benin
Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party
political party (Founded 1972, sole legal party 1972-1990. Changed its name in 1990 to Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe-Partido Social Democrata.)
Communist Party of Uzbekistan
Political party in Uzbek SSR
Congolese Party of Labour
political party of the Republic of the Congo
New Jewel Movement
political party in Grenada
United Seychelles Party
political party in Seychelles
Sammarinese Communist Party
former party in San Marino (1921–1990)
Democrat Party of Azerbaijan
political party in Iran
Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party
political party in Tuvan People's Republic
First Grotewohl cabinet
government of the German Democratic Republic
People's Anti-Imperialist Association
ruling political party in Xinjiang between 1935-1942
Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Revolutionary Mongolian party created in inner-Mongolia in 1925 and merged with CCP in 1947.
Second Grotewohl cabinet
government of the German Democratic Republic
United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution
communist party active in Cuba from 1962 to 1965
Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement
Burkinabe political party
African Independence Party
political party in Burkina Faso