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Name
Abbr.
Leader
Founded
Ideology
Legislature
Notes
Abkhazia
Communist Party of Abkhazia Аԥсны Акомунисттә Апартиа
CPAААА
Lev Shamba
March 1921
Marxism–Leninism
People's Assembly :
Afghanistan
Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان
CMPM
2004
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Banned
Participant in the ongoing anti-Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Liberation Organization سازمان رهایی افغانستان
ALO
1973
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Marxist–Leninist Organization of Afghanistan
MLOA
1973
Marxism-Leninism
Mao Zedong Thought
Anti-revisionism
Albania
Communist Party of Albania Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë
PKSh
Qemal Cicollari
1991
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism
Stalinism
Anti-revisionism
Kuvendi :
Communist Party of Albania 8 November Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë 8 Nëntori
PKSh 8 Nëntori
Preng Çuni
2003
Marxism-Leninism
Kuvendi:
Algeria
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism الحزب الجزائري للديمقراطية والاشتراكية
PADS
Abdelhamid Benzine
1993
Marxism–Leninism
People's National Assembly :
Council :
Angola
Party of the Angolan Communist Community Partido da Comunidade Comunista Angolana
PCCA
Baptista André José Simão
1994
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Argentina
Liberation Party Partido de la Liberación
PL
Sergio Ortiz
5 April 1965
Marxism–Leninism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Armenia
Armenian Communist Party Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն
HKKՀԿԿ
Tachat Sargsyan
29 July 1991
Marxism–Leninism Pro-Russia Euroscepticism Soviet patriotism
National Assembly :
United Communist Party of Armenia Հայաստանի Միավորված Կոմունիստական Կուսակցության
HMKKՀՄԿԿ
7 July 2003
Marxism–Leninism Euroscepticism
National Assembly :
Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia Հայաստանի Առաջադիմական Միացյալ Կոմունիստական Կուսակցություն
HAMKՀԱՄԿ
Vazgen Safaryan
28 January 1998
Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism
National Assembly :
Australia
Communist Party of Australia (1971)
CPA
Vinicio Molina
1971
Marxism–Leninism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist)
CPA (ML)
15 March 1964
Marxism–Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Austria
Communist Party of Austria Kommunistische Partei Österreichs
KPO
Florian Birngruber
3 November 1918
Marxism–Leninism
Socialism
National Council :
Federal Council :
The mayor of Graz , Austria's second largest city, is a member of the KPÖ
Party of Labour of Austria Partei der Arbeit Österreichs
PdA
Tibor Zenker
12 October 2013
Marxism–Leninism
Hard Euroscepticism
National Council :
Federal Council :
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Communist Party (1993) Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası
AzKP
Haji Hajiyev
1993
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
New Generation Communist Party of AzerbaijanAzərbaycan Yeni Nəsil Kommunist Partiyası
AYNKP
Niyazi Rajabov
2008
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
United Communist Party of Azerbaijan Azərbaycan Birləşmiş Kommunist Partiyası
AVKP
Sayad Sayadov
1993
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Bahrain
National Liberation Front جبهة التحرير الوطني—البحرين
NLF
15 February 1955
Marxism–Leninism
Republicanism
Council of Representatives :
Shura Council :
Led the 1965 March Intifada
Progressive Democratic Tribune جمعية المنبر الديمقراطي التقدمي
PDT
Hassan Madan
14 September 2001
Market socialism Arab nationalism Anti-globalization Anti-imperialism
Council of Representatives :
Shura Council :
Bangladesh
Communist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি
CPB
Ruhin Hossain Prince
1971
Marxism–Leninism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Former member of the Bangladesh Worker's-Peasants' People's League and its coalition government
Workers Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি
WPB
Fazle Hossain Badsha
1980
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Socialist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল
BASAD
Khalequzzaman
7 November 1980
Marxism–Leninism
Stalinism
Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের বিপ্লবী ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি
RWPB
Saiful Haque
14 June 2004
Marxism–Leninism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Dutta) বাংলাদেশের সাম্যবাদী দল (মার্কসবাদী-লেনিনবাদী)
BSD-ML
Ajoy Dutta
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Umar) বাংলাদেশের সাম্যবাদী দল (মার্কসবাদী-লেনিনবাদী)
BSD-ML
Badruddin Umar
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party পূর্ব বাংলার সর্বহারা পার্টি
PBSP
Siraj Sikder
3 June 1971
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Maoist Bolshevik Reorganisation Movement of the Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party পূর্ববাংলার সর্বহারা পার্টি – মাওবাদী বলশেভিক পুনর্গঠন আন্দোলন
PBSP (MBRM)
2001
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Workers Peasants Socialist Party শ্রমিক কৃষক সমাজবাদী দল
SKSD
1969
Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism
Jatiya Sangsad :
United Communist League of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের ইউনাইটেড কমিউনিস্ট লীগ
UCLB
Mosharraf Hossain Nannu
April 2013
Marxism–Leninism
Jatiya Sangsad :
Belarus
Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" Беларуская партыя левых «Справядлівы свет»
Sergey Kalyakin
25 October 2009
Democratic socialism
Revolutionary nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism Anti-Lukashenko
House of Representatives :
Council of the Republic :
Belgium
Workers' Party of Belgium Partij van de Arbeid van België Parti du Travail de Belgique
PTB PVDA
Raoul Hedebouw
1979
Marxism Feminism
Socialism
Chamber of Representatives :
Senate :
Communist Party of Belgium Communistische Partij van België Parti Communiste de Belgique
PCB
Arne Baillière
1989
Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism
Chamber of Representatives :
Senate :
Benin
Communist Party of Benin Parti Communiste du Bénin
PCB
Philippe Noudjenoume
1977
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism
Stalinism
Anti-revisionism
National Assembly :
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Benin Parti communiste marxiste-léniniste du Bénin
PCMLB
Magloire Yansunnu
1999
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism
Anti-revisionism
National Assembly :
Bhutan
Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
CPB (MLM)
Comrade Umesh (nom de guerre )
22 April 2003
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism New Democratic Revolution
Republicanism
Banned
Engaged in guerrilla warfare against the government of Bhutan, with the goal of starting a people's war
Bolivia
Communist Party of Bolivia Partido Comunista de Bolivia
PCB
Ignacio Mendoza
1950
Marxism–Leninism
Deputies :
Senate :
People's Revolutionary Front (Marxist−Leninist−Maoist) Frente Revolucionario del Pueblo (Marxista–Leninista–Maoísta)
FRP-MLM
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Deputies :
Senate :
Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) Partido Comunista de Bolivia (Marxista-Leninista-Maoísta)
PCB-MLM
Luis Alberto Echazú
1983
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Deputies :
Senate :
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Radničko-komunistička partija Bosne i Hercegovine / Радничко-комунистичка партија Босне и Херцеговине
RKP-Bih / РКП-БиХ
Goran Marković
2000
Luxemburgism Workers' self-management Anti-nationalism Yugoslavism
House of Representatives :
House of Peoples :
Communist Party Komunistička partija / Комунистичка партија
KP / КП
Muhamed Imamović
21 February 2012
Democratic socialism Yugo-nostalgia
House of Representatives :
House of Peoples :
Botswana
Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Movement
MELS
Mosalage Ditshoto
1994
Marxism–Leninism Maoism
Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Pan-Africanism
Parliament :
Brazil
Communist Party of Brazil Partido Comunista do Brasil
PCdoB
Luciana Santos
23 June 1988
Marxism–Leninism
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Senate
Socialism and Liberty Party Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
PSOL
Juliano Medeiros
6 June 2004
Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Socialism of the 21st century Libertarian socialism
Chamber of Deputies :
Brazilian Communist Party Partido Comunista Brasileiro
PCB
Edmilson Costa
25 March 1922
Marxism–Leninism
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Senate
United Socialist Workers' Party Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado
PSTU
Zé Maria
5 June 1994
Trotskyism Morenism
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Senate
Workers' Cause Party Partido da Causa Operária
PCO
Rui Costa Pimenta
7 December 1995
Marxism Trotskyism Social libertarianism Anti-imperialism
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Senate
Revolutionary Communist Party Partido Comunista Revolucionário
PCR
May 1966
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Guevarism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism Foco theory
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Senate
Not registered in Brazil's Superior Electoral Court
Popular Unity Unidade Popular
UP
Leonardo Péricles
16 June 2016
Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism Anti-racism
Factions:
Marxism-Leninism
Syndicalism
Marxist feminism
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Senate
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Communist Party Българска комунистическа партия
BKP
Zonka Zlatkova Spasov
1990
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism
Anti-revisionism
National Assembly :
Communist Party of Bulgaria Комунистическа Партия на България
CPB
Aleksandar Paunov
1996
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Party of the Bulgarian Communists Партия на Българските комунисти
PBK
Collective leadership
15 July 2006
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Union of Communists in Bulgaria Съюз на Комунистите в България
SKB
Pavel Ivanov
1995
Marxism
National Assembly :
Burkina Faso
Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba Parti pour la démocratie et le socialisme/Metba
PDS/
Metba
Hama Arba Diallo
31 March 2012
Socialism
National Assembly :
Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party Parti communiste révolutionnaire voltaïque
PCRV
1 October 1978
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism
National Assembly :
Canada
Communist Party of Canada Parti communiste du Canada
CPC PCC
Elizabeth Rowley
28 May 1921
Marxism–Leninism
House of Commons :
Senate :
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) Parti communiste du Canada (marxiste–léniniste)
CPC (ML) PCC (ML)
Anna Di Carlo
31 March 1970
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Maoism (1970-1977)
Hoxhaism (1977-1990)
House of Commons :
Senate :
China
Maoist Communist Party of China 中国毛泽东主义共产党
MCPC
Ma Houzhi
28 November 2008
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Banned
De facto banned in China due to not being a member of the United Front .
Revolutionary Communist Party of China 中国革命共产党
RCPC
September 1948
Marxism Trotskyism
Legislative Council :
Active in Hong Kong . Participant in the 1970s Hong Kong student protests .
Colombia
Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist) Partido Comunista de Colombia (Marxista-Leninista)
PCdeC (M-L)
1965
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism
Stalinism
Anti-revisionism
Chamber of Representatives :
Senate :
Colombian Communist Party – Maoist Partido Comunista de Colombia - Maoista
PCC-M
7 August 2001
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Chamber of Representatives :
Senate :
Revolutionary Communist Group Grupo Comunista Revolucionario
GCR
1982
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Chamber of Representatives :
Senate :
Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement Movimiento Obrero Independiente y Revolucionario
MOIR
Gustavo Triana
1970
Maoism
Marxism-Leninism New Democracy Francisco Mosquera Thought
Chamber of Representatives :
Senate :
Costa Rica
People's Vanguard Party Partido Vanguardia Popular
PVP
Humberto Vargas Carbonell
16 June 1931
Marxism–Leninism
Legislative Assembly :
Banned from 1949 to 1975
Ivory Coast
Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de Côte d'Ivoire
PCRCI
Achy Ekissi
1990
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Croatia
Socialist Labour Party of Croatia Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske
SRP
Kristofor Stokić
25 October 1997
¸Titoism
Democratic socialism
Sabor :
Workers Front Radnička fronta
RF
Collective leadership
9 May 2014
Democratic socialism Social progressivism
Labour rights Socialist feminism Anti-fascism Anti-clericalism Eco-socialism
Left-wing populism
Anti-militarism
Sabor :
Cyprus
Progressive Party of Working People Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού Emekçi Halkın İlerici Partisi
AKEL
Stefanos Stefanou
15 August 1926
Marxism–Leninism Pacifism Cypriot nationalism
Federalism
Soft euroscepticism
House of Representatives
Won the 2008 election and ruled until 2013
Czech Republic
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy
KSČM
Kateřina Konečná
31 March 1990
Marxism Euroscepticism
Socialism Anti-capitalism Anti-fascism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Czech successor to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia . Served as confidence and supply to the second government of Andrej Babiš in 2018.
Denmark
Communist Party of Denmark Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti
DKP
Henrik Stamer Hedin
9 November 1919
Marxism–Leninism
Folketing :
Communist Party Kommunistisk Parti
KP
Lotte Rørtoft-Madsen
2006
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism
Factions:
Hoxhaism
Folketing :
Workers' Communist Party Arbejderpartiet Kommunisterne
APK
Dorte Grenaa
April 2000
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Folketing :
Communist Party in Denmark Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark
KPiD
Rikke G.F. Carlsson
1990
Marxism–Leninism
Folketing :
Dominican Republic
Communist Party of Labour Partido Comunista del Trabajo
PCT
Manuel Salazar
1980
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Donetsk People's Republic
Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики
CPDPRКПДНР
Boris Litvinov
8 October 2014
Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism
Left-wing nationalism
People's Council :
East Timor
Socialist Party of Timor Partido Socialista de Timor
PST
Avelino Coelho da Silva
11 February 1997
Marxism–Leninism
National Parliament :
Ecuador
Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista del Ecuador
PCE
Winston Alarcón Elizalde
23 May 1926
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador
PCMLE
Oswaldo Palacios
1 August 1964
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
National Assembly :
Workers' Party of Ecuador Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador
PTE
1996
Marxism-Leninism
National Assembly :
Not registered with Ecuador's National Electoral Council
Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo
PCE-SR
1 June 1987
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Gonzalo Thought Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism
Banned
Engaged in minor guerrilla warfare against the government of Ecuador, with the goal of starting a people's war
Egypt
Egyptian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي المصري
ECP
Salah Adli
1975
Marxism–Leninism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
El Salvador
Communist Party of El Salvador Partido Comunista de El Salvador
PCS
27 March 2005
Marxism–Leninism
Legislative Assembly :
Estonia
Communist Party of Estonia Eestimaa Kommunistlik Partei
EKP
vacant
26 March 1990
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Banned
Banned in Estonia following the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt , continues to operate underground
Eswatini
Communist Party of Swaziland
CPS
Thokozane Kenneth
9 April 2011
Marxism–Leninism Republicanism
Banned
Participant in the 2021–2023 Eswatini protests
Ethiopia
All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement መላ ኢትዮጵያ ሶሻሊስት ንቅናቄ
MEISON
1968
Marxism–Leninism
House of Peoples' Representatives :
House of Federation :
Supported and participated in the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution . Initially supported the Derg government, though later broke with Mengistu Haile Mariam's leadership during the Red Terror and was forced underground. Resumed legal activity following the end of the Ethiopian Civil War .
Finland
Communist Party of Finland Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue
SKP
Juha-Pekka Väisänen
1984
Marxism–Leninism
Parliament :
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue – Rauhan ja Sosialismin puolesta
KTP
Mikko Vartiainen
1988
Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism
Parliament :
League of Communists Kommunistien Liitto
KL
Kalevi Wahrman
14 September 2002
Marxism–Leninism
Parliament :
France
French Communist Party Parti communiste français
PCF
Fabien Roussel
30 December 1920
Eurocommunism Soft Euroscepticism
National Assembly : Senate :
Lutte Ouvrière
LO
Nathalie Arthaud
1956
Trotskyism Anti-capitalism
National Assembly : Senate :
New Anticapitalist Party Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste
NPA
Collective leadership
8 February 2009
Trotskyism Alter-globalisation
National Assembly : Senate :
Pole of Communist Revival in France Pôle de renaissance communiste en France
PRCF
Léon Landini
January 2004
Marxism-Leninism
Left-wing nationalism
Hard Euroscepticism
National Assembly : Senate :
Workers' Communist Party of France Parti communiste des ouvriers de France
PCOF
Collective leadership
1979
Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
National Assembly : Senate :
Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization – Proletarian Way Organisation communiste marxiste-léniniste – Voie prolétarienne
OCML-VP
September 1976
Marxism-Leninism
Maoism
National Assembly : Senate :
Revolutionary Left Gauche révolutionnaire
GR
1992
Marxism Trotskyism
National Assembly : Senate :
Georgia
Communist Party of Georgia საქართველოს კომუნისტური პარტია
SKPსკპ
1992
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism
Parliament :
Unified Communist Party of Georgia საქართველოს ერთიანი კომუნისტური პარტია
SEKPსეკპ
Nugzar Shalvovich Avaliani
June 1994
Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism
Parliament :
New Communist Party of Georgia საქართველოს ახალი კომუნისტური პარტია
SAKPსაკპ
2001
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism
Parliament :
Germany
German Communist Party Deutsche Kommunistische Partei
DKP
Patrik Köbele
1968
Marxism-Leninism
Bundestag :
Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands
MLPD
Gabi Fechtner
1982
Marxism-Leninism
Bundestag :
Greece
Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας
KKEKKE
Dimitris Koutsoumpas
17 November 1918
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-imperialism
Hard Euroscepticism
Hellenic Parliament :
Banned by the government of Greece from 1936 to 1974. Led the Political Committee of National Liberation during World War II and the Provisional Democratic Government and Democratic Army of Greece during the 1946–1949 Greek Civil War .
Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Greece Μαρξιστικό-Λενινιστικό Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας
M-L KKEΜ-Λ ΚΚΕ
Collective leadership
November 1976
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Euroscepticism
Hellenic Parliament :
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (μαρξιστικο-λενινιστικό)
KKE (m-l)ΚΚΕ (μ-λ)
Grigoris Konstantopoulos
November 1976
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Hoxhaism
Euroscepticism
Hellenic Parliament :
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece Οργάνωση για την Ανασυγκρότηση του Κομουνιστικού Κόμματος Ελλάδας
OAKKEOAKKE
Elias Zafiropoulos.
20 July 1985
Marxism-Leninism Maoism
Hellenic Parliament :
Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–1955 Κίνηση για την Ανασύνταξη του Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας 1918–1955)
AnasintaxiΑνασύνταξη
Tasos Mpallos
1996
Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Zachariadism Anti-revisionism
Hellenic Parliament :
Communist Renewal Κομμουνιστική Ανανέωση
KAKA
Collective leadership
2000
Marxism Euroscepticism
Hellenic Parliament :
Left Anti-capitalist Group Αριστερή Αντικαπιταλιστική Συσπείρωση
AR.A.SΑΡ.Α.Σ
Collective leadership
1998
Maoism Anti-capitalism
Hellenic Parliament :
Left GroupΑριστερή Συσπείρωση
ARI.SΑΡΙ.Σ
Collective leadership
25 October 2012
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-capitalism Anti-revisionism
Hellenic Parliament :
Left Recomposition Αριστερή Ανασύνθεση
AR.ΑΝΑΡ.ΑΝ
2003
Maoism Anti-capitalism
Hellenic Parliament :
New Left Current Νέο Αριστερό Ρεύμα
NARΝΑΡ
Collective leadership
1989
New Left Eco-socialism
Anti-capitalism
Hellenic Parliament :
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece Επαναστατικό Κομμουνιστικό Κίνημα Ελλάδας
EKKEEKKE
Collective leadership
1970
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Hellenic Parliament :
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe Communist Party Parti communiste guadeloupéen
PCG
Alain-Félix Flémin
30 March 1958
Marxism Guadeloupean autonomy
National Assembly : Senate :
Guatemala
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca
URNG-MAIZ
Gregorio Chay
7 February 1982
Left-wing nationalism
Socialism Indigenismo Christian socialism Socialism of the 21st century Anti-capitalism
Congress :
Founded as an umbrella organization uniting various leftist militant groups active in the Guatemalan Civil War . Laid down arms in 1996 and became a legally registered opposition party in 1998.
Haiti
New Haitian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) Nouveau Parti Communiste Haïtien (Marxiste–Léniniste)
NPCH(ML)
Vania Lubin
2000
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Hungary
Hungarian Workers' Party Magyar Munkáspárt
MMP
Gyula Thürmer
17 December 1989
Marxism-Leninism Euroscepticism
National Assembly :
Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 - European Left Magyarországi Munkáspárt 2006 - Európai Baloldal
EB
Attila Vajnai
November 2005
Marxism Eurocommunism
National Assembly :
India
Communist Party of India
CPI
D. Raja
26 December 1925
Marxism–Leninism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPI(M)
Sitaram Yechury
7 November 1964
Marxism–Leninism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Revolutionary Socialist Party
RSP
Manoj Bhattacharya
19 March 1940
Marxism–Leninism Trotskyism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Revolutionary Communist Party of India
RCPI
Biren Deka
1 August 1934
Marxism-Leninism Anti-Stalinism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
All India Forward Bloc
AIFB
Debabrata Biswas
22 June 1939
Marxism Left-wing nationalism
Socialism
Anti-imperialism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Marxist Forward Bloc
MFB
Jaihind Singh
12 November 1953
Marxism Left-wing populism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Bolshevik Party of India
BPI
1939
Marxism–Leninism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
CPI(ML)L
Dipankar Bhattacharya
1974
Marxism–Leninism Mao-Zedong-Thought
Naxalism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)
RSPI(ML)
1969
Marxism–Leninism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
SUCI(C)
Provash Ghosh
24 April 1948
Shibdas Ghosh Thought Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India
RMPI
Mangat Ram Pasla
2016
Marxism–Leninism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Communist Marxist Party
CMP
C. P. John
1986
Marxism–Leninism
Marxism Luxemburgism
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy
CPIML ND
Yatendra Kumar
1988
Naxalism New Democracy
Mao Zedong Thought
Lok Sabha :
Rajya Sabha :
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
CPI (Maoist)
Nambala Keshava Rao
21 September 2004
Naxalism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Banned
Leading the ongoing Naxalite–Maoist insurgency , designated a terrorist organization by the government of India
Iran
Tudeh Party of Iran حزب تودۀ ایران
Collective leadership
2 October 1941
Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Left-wing nationalism Anti-revisionism
Banned
Komalah کۆمەڵە ڕێکخراوی کوردستانی حیزبی کۆمۆنیستی ئێران کومله سازمان کردستان حزب کمونیست ایران
Ibrahim Alizade
1984
Marxism-Leninism Internationalism
Kurdish minority interests
Kurdish branch of Communist Party of Iran , designated a terrorist organization by the government of Iran
Communist Party of Iran حزب کمونیست ایران
CPI
Collective leadership
2 September 1983
Marxism-Leninism Revolutionary socialism
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) حزب کمونیست ایران (مارکسیست-لنینیست-مائوئیست)
CPI (MLM)
2001
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism New Synthesis Secularism
Labour Party of Iran حزب کار ایران
1965
Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Worker-communist Party of Iran حزب کمونیست کارگری ایران
WPI
Hamid Taqvaee
1991
Workerism
Marxism Third camp
Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist حزب کمونیست کارگری ایران-حکمتیست
WPI-Hekmatist
Jamal Kamangar
2004
Workerism
Fedaian Organisation (Minority) سازمان فدائیان (اقليت)
Akbar Kāmyābi
March 1987
Marxism-Leninism
Split from the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (Minority)
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (1985) سازمان چریکهای فدایی خلق ایران
Ḥosayn Zohari
1985
Marxism-Leninism
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Followers of the Identity Platform سازمان چریکهای فدایی خلق ایران – پیرو برنامه هویت
Mehdi Sāmeʿ
1983
Marxism-Leninism
Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas چریکهای فدایی خلق ایران
IFPG
Ashraf Dehghani
c. April 1979; 45 years ago (1979-04 )
Marxism-Leninism
Participant in the 1979 Kurdish rebellion
Iraq
Iraqi Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي العراقي
ICP
Raid Jahid Fahmi
31 March 1934
Classical Marxism Reformism Secularism Nonsectarianism
Council of Representatives :
Operated mostly underground in the Kingdom of Iraq (from 1934 to 1958) and Ba'athist Iraq (from 1963 to 2003). Supported the 14 July Revolution and the government of Abd al-Karim Qasim .
Worker-communist Party of Iraq الحزب الشيوعي العمالي العراقي
Amir Adil
July 1993
Marxism Workerism Third camp
Council of Representatives :
Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq الحزب الشيوعي العمالي اليساري العراقي
Issam Shukri
2004
Trotskyism Workerism Third camp
Council of Representatives :
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq حزبي شيوعى كوردستان – عيراق الحزب الشيوعي الكوردستاني – العراق
Kawa Mahmud
1993
Marxism-Leninism Kurdish nationalism Nonsectarianism
Council of Representatives (Iraq) :
Kurdistan Parliament :
Regional party active in Kurdistan
Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan حزبی کۆمۆنستی کرێکاریی کوردستان الحزب الشيوعي العمالي في كوردستان
Osman Hajy Marouf
2008
Marxism Workerism Third camp
Council of Representatives (Iraq) :
Kurdistan Parliament :
Ireland
Workers' Party Páirtí na nOibrithe
Collective leadership
28 November 1905
Marxism-Leninism Irish republicanism
Dáil Éireann :
Seanad Éireann :
Communist Party of Ireland Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann
CPI
Janelle McAteer
3–4 June 1933
Marxism-Leninism Hard Euroscepticism
Dáil Éireann :
Seanad Éireann :
Irish Republican Socialist Party Páirtí Poblachtach Sóisalach na hÉireann
IRSP
Collective leadership (Ard Comhairle )
8 December 1974
Marxism-Leninism Irish republicanism Anti-globalisation Hard Euroscepticism
Dáil Éireann :
Seanad Éireann :
Israel
Israeli Communist Party המפלגה הקומוניסטית הישראלית الحزب الشيوعي الاسرائيلي
Makiמק״י
Collective leadership
1 September 1965
Marxism-Leninism Alter-globalization Anti-Zionism
Knesset :
Merged into Hadash in 1977 and as of 2022 its largest faction
The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality החזית הדמוקרטית לשלום ולשוויון الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلاموالمساواة
Hadashחד״ש
Ayman Odeh
15 March 1977
Marxism
Marxism-Leninism Communism Two-state Solution
Non-Zionism
Israeli Arab interests
Knesset :
Formed from a merger of Rakah , the Black Panthers , and Moked . Formerly ran as a part of the Joint List .
Da'am Workers Party דעם מפלגת פועלים حزب دعم العمالي
Da'amדע"ם دعم
Collective leadership
1995
Secularism Marxism Eco-socialism Revolutionary socialism Postnationalism Non-Zionism One-state solution
Knesset :
Italy
Communist Refoundation Party Partito della Rifondazione Comunista
PRC
Maurizio Acerbo
6 January 1991
Eco-socialism Feminism Anti-capitalism Anti-fascism Anti-imperialism Soft Euroscepticism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Italian Communist Party Partito Comunista Italiano
PCI
Mauro Alboresi
26 June 2016
Marxism-Leninism Anti-imperialism Euroscepticism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Italian Marxist–Leninist Party Partito Marxista-Leninista Italiano
PMLI
Giovanni Scuderi
April 1977
Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Maoism Bolshevism Anti-revisionism Anti-fascism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Communist Party Partito Comunista
PC
Marco Rizzo
3 July 2009
Marxism-Leninism Anti-revisionism Hard Euroscepticism
Sovereigntism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Communist Alternative Party Partito di Alternativa Comunista
PdAC
Francesco Ricci
7 January 2007
Trotskyism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Japan
Japanese Communist Party 日本共産党
JCP
Tomoko Tamura
15 July 1922
Scientific socialism Progressivism Pacifism
Democratic socialism
Representatives :
Councillors :
Banned in 1925 under the Peace Preservation Law . Legalized by the Allied military occupation following Japan's military defeat in World War II .
Japanese Communist Party (Action Faction) 日本共産党 (行動派)
1980
Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Representatives :
Councillors :
Japanese Communist Party (Left Faction) 日本共産党 (左派)
1969
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Anti-revisionism
Representatives :
Councillors :
Jordan
Jordanian Communist Party الحزب الشیوعی الاردني
JCP
Faraj Al-Tameezi
1948
Marxism-Leninism Republicanism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Jordanian Democratic People's Party حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الأردني
HASHD
1989
Marxism-Leninism Palestinian nationalism Anti-Zionism Left-wing nationalism Secularism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Kazakhstan
Communist Party of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы / Qazaqstan Kommunistık Partiasy Коммунистическая партия Казахстана
ҚКП / QKP КПК
Toleubek Makhzhanov
16 October 1991
Marxism-Leninism Soviet patriotism
Banned
Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan Қазақстанның Социалистік Қозғалысы / Qazaqstannıñ Socïalïstik Qozğalısı Социалистическое Движение Казахстана
ҚСҚ / QSQ СДК
Ainur Kurmanov
20–21 May 2006
Marxism-Leninism
Kenya
Communist Party of Kenya
CPK
Mwandawiro Mgangah[ 3]
1992
Marxism–Leninism Pan-Africanism
Maoism
Social democracy (until 2019)
National Assembly :
Senate :
Kuwait
Kuwaiti Progressive Movement الحركة التقدمية الكويتية
Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism
Socialism
Marxism-Leninism
National Assembly :
Kyrgyzstan
Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Кыргызстан Коммунисттеринин Партиясы Партия Коммунистов Киргизии
PKKПКК
Iskhak Masaliyev
22 June 1992
Marxism-Leninism Soviet patriotism
Supreme Council :
Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan Кыргызстан Коммунисттик партиясы Коммунистическая Партия Киргизстана
KPKКПК
Clara Azhibekovna
29 August 1999
Marxism-Leninism
Supreme Council :
Latvia
Socialist Party of Latvia Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija
LSP
Vladimirs Frolovs
15 January 1994
Marxism-Leninism
Saeima :
Lebanon
Lebanese Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني Parti communiste libanais
LCPPCL
Hanna Gharib
1924
Marxism-Leninism Nonsectarianism
Socialism
Anti-Zionism
Parliament :
Communist Action Organization in Lebanon منظمة العمل الشيوعي في لبنان Organisation de l'Action Communiste du Liban
CAOLOACL
Zaki Taha
1970
Marxism-Leninism Maoism
Parliament :
Lesotho
Communist Party of Lesotho Mokhatlo oa Makomonisi a Lesotho
CPL
Manny Stevenson
5 May 1962
Marxism-Leninism
National Assembly :
Senate :
Lithuania
Socialist People's Front Socialistinis liaudies frontas
SLF
Giedrius Grabauskas
2009
Marxism-Leninism Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism
Socialism
Seimas :
Communist Party of Lithuania Lietuvos komunistų partija
LKP
vacant
1 October 1918
Marxism-Leninism Soviet patriotism
Banned
Banned in Lithuania following the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt , continues to operate underground
Luxembourg
Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg Parti Communiste Luxembourgeois Kommunistische Partei Luxemburgs
KPL PCL
Ali Ruckert
2 January 1921
Marxism-Leninism Hard Euroscepticism
Chamber of Deputies :
Madagascar
Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara
AKFM
8 November 1958
Marxism
National Assembly :
Senate :
Member of the ruling National Front for the Defense of the Revolution from 1976 to 1989
Mali
Malian Party of Labour Parti malien du travail
PMT
1965
Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism
National Assembly :
Member of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali since 1990
African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence Solidarité Africaine pour la Démocratie et l'Indépendance
SADI
Oumar Mariko
1996
Marxism-Leninism Pan-Africanism
National Assembly :
Malta
Communist Party of Malta Partit Komunista Malti
PKM
Victor Degiovanni
1969
Marxism-Leninism
House of Representatives :
Martinique
Martinican Communist Party Parti communiste martiniquais
PCM
Georges Erichot
September 1957
Autonomism
Assembly of Martinique :
Communist Party for Independence and Socialism Parti Communiste pour l'Indépendance et le Socialisme Pati Kominis pou Lendépandans èk Sosyalism
PCLS PKLS
22 May 1984
Marxism–Leninism Martinican independence
Assembly of Martinique :
Mexico
Popular Socialist Party of Mexico Partido Popular Socialista de México
PPSM
Cuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo
1997
Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism Latin American integration
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate of the Republic :
Not registered or recognized by the Instituto Nacional Electoral
Communist Party of Mexico Partido Comunista de México
PCM
Pável Blanco Cabrera
20 November 1994
Marxism–Leninism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate of the Republic :
Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist–Leninist) Partido Comunista de México (Marxista-Leninista)
PCM (ML)
1978
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate of the Republic :
Communists' Party Partido de los Comunistas
PdelosC
Luis Alfonso Vargas Silva
2003
Marxism–Leninism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate of the Republic :
Moldova
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova
PCRM
Vladimir Voronin
22 October 1993
Marxism–Leninism Social conservatism Soviet patriotism Moldovenism Pro-Russia
Parliament :
Member of BECS
Montenegro
Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro Jugoslovenska komunistička partija Југословенска комунистичка партија
JKP CG / ЈКП-ЦГ
Radislav Stanišić
25 September 2009
Titoism Pensioners' rights Yugo-nostalgia
Parliament :
Morocco
Democratic Way النهج الديمقراطي
Abdallah El Harif
1995
Marxism Anti-imperialism
Anti-revisionism
Hoxhaism
House of Representatives :
House of Councillors :
Myanmar
Communist Party of Burma ဗမာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ
CPB
15 August 1939
Marxism-Leninism Mao-Zedong-Thought
Federalism
Banned
Led the Communist insurgency in Burma from 1948 to 1989. Rearmed itself in 2021 and is currently engaged in guerrilla warfare against the State Administration Council
Namibia
Workers Revolutionary Party
WRP
Collective leadership
May 1989
Trotskyism
National Assembly :
National Council :
Nepal
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)
CPN (UML)नेकपा (एमाले)
K. P. Sharma Oli
6 January 1991 (1991-01-06 )
Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy
House of Representatives :
National Assembly :
Merged with the CPN (MC) to form the Nepal Communist Party in 2018, refounded in 2021
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)
CPN (ML)
C. P. Mainali
17 February 2002
Marxism-Leninism
House of Representatives :
National Assembly :
Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी
NWPP
Narayan Man Bijukchhe
23 January 1975
Marxism-Leninism Maoism
Juche
House of Representatives :
National Assembly :
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी)
Durga Prasad Gyawali
2006
Marxism-Leninism
House of Representatives :
National Assembly :
Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) नेपाल कम्यूनिष्ट पार्टी (क्रान्तिकारी माओवादी)
CPN (RM)
Mohan Baidya
19 June 2012
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
House of Representatives :
National Assembly :
Operates underground and participates in elections through a front organization ; the Patriotic People's Republican Front
Netherlands
New Communist Party of the Netherlands Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederlan
NCPN
Job Pruijser
14 November 1992
Marxism–Leninism
Euroscepticism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
United Communist Party Verenigde Communistische Partij
VCP
Engel Modderman
1999
Marxism–Leninism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Group of Marxist–Leninists/Red Dawn Groep Marxisten-Lenisten/Rode Morgen
GML/Rode Morgen
Jeroen Toussaint
1977
Marxism–Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
New Zealand
Communist League
The League
1969
Marxism–Leninism
House of Representatives :
Nicaragua
Communist Party of Nicaragua Partido Comunista de Nicaragua
PCdeN; PCN
12 October 1967
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Marxist–Leninist Popular Action Movement Movimiento de Acción Popular - Marxista–Leninista
MAP-ML
1972
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
National Assembly :
North Macedonia
Communist Party of Macedonia — Tito's forces Комунистичка партија на Македонија — Титови сили
KPM-TSКПМ—ТС
Goran Arsovski
26 October 2005
Marxism-Leninism Titoism
Assembly :
Norway
Communist Party of Norway Norges Kommunistiske Parti
NKP
Runa Evensen
4 November 1923
Marxism-Leninism Hard Euroscepticism
Storting :
Red Party Rødt
R
Bjørnar Moxnes
11 March 2007
Democratic socialism Revolutionary socialism
Marxism
Storting :
Pakistan
Communist Party of Pakistan کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان
CPP
Imdad Qazi
6 March 1948
Marxism-Leninism
National Assembly :
Senate :
Not registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan
Mazdoor Kisan Party مزدور کسان پارٹی
MKP
Afzal Khamosh
1 May 1968
Marxism-Leninism Maoism
National Assembly :
Senate :
Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين
PFLP
Ahmad Sa'adat
11 December 1967 (1967-12-11 )
Palestinian nationalism Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism
Secularism
Anti-imperialism
Pan-Arabism
Arab nationalism One-state solution Anti-zionism
Legislative Council :
Member of the PLO , opposed to the Hamas government of the Gaza Strip
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين
DFLP
Nayef Hawatmeh
1969 (1969 )
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism Anti-Zionism
Legislative Council :
Palestinian People's Party حزب الشعب الفلسطيني
PPP
Bassam Al-Salhi
February 1982 (1982-02 )
Marxism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism
Legislative Council :
Palestinian Communist Party الحزب الشیوعي الفلسطیني
Mahmoud Saadeh
December 1991
Marxism-Leninism Palestinian nationalism
Legislative Council :
Panama
Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Panama Partido Comunista (marxista-leninista) de Panamá
PC(ml)P
January 9, 1980
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
National Assembly :
November 29 National Liberation Movement Movimiento de Liberación Nacional 29 de noviembre
MLN-29
July 29, 1970
Marxism Anti-imperialism
National Assembly :
Paraguay
Paraguayan Communist Party Partido Comunista Paraguayo
PCP
Najeeb Amado
19 February 1928
Marxism-Leninism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Partido Patria Libre
PPL
3 February 1990
Marxism–Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Socialist patriotism Anti-imperialism Revolutionary socialism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Paraguayan Communist Party (independent) Partido Comunista Paraguayo (independiente)
PCP(i)
1967
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Chamber of Deputies :
Senate :
Peru
Peruvian Communist Party Partido Comunista Peruano
PCP
Luis Villanueva
9 April 1928 (1928-04-09 )
Marxism–Leninism Mariáteguism
Congress :
Member of Together for Peru , which participated in the Free Peru -led government
Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland Partido Comunista del Perú – Patria Roja
PCP-PR
Alberto Moreno
1970 (1970 )
Anti-revisionism
Congress :
Free Peru [ 4] Perú Libre
PL
Vladimir Cerron
13 August 2008 (2008-08-13 )
Socialism Marxism–Leninism Mariáteguism
Congress :
Peruvian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) Partido Comunista Peruano (Marxista–Leninista)
PCP (ML)
January 1964
Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Maoism (until 1970s)
Congress :
Shining Path Sendero Luminoso
PCP; PCP-SL
1969
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Gonzalo Thought Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism
Banned
Designated a terrorist organization by the government of Peru
Philippines
Communist Party of the Philippines Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas
CPP
Benito Tiamzon (alleged)
26 December 1968
National democracy Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Banned
Participant in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines , designated a terrorist organization by the government of the Philippines and the United States Department of State
Philippine Communist Party-1930 Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
PKP-1930
Antonio E. Paris
7 November 1930
Marxism-Leninism
Democratic socialism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Marxist–Leninist Party of the Philippines Partido Marxista–Leninista ng Pilipinas
MLPP
1998
Marxism-Leninism
Banned
Participant in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines
Poland
Polish Communist Party Komunistyczna Partia Polski
KPP
Krzysztof Szwej
9 October 2002
Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Anti-clericalism
Sejm :
Senate :
Portugal
Portuguese Communist Party Partido Comunista Português
PCP
Collective leadership
6 March 1921
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Assembly of the Republic :
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses
PCTP/MRPP
Maria Cidália Guerreiro
1970
Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Assembly of the Republic :
Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat – Bases for Revolution Partido Revolucionário do Proletariado - Bases pela Revolução
PRP-BR
Luis Cardoso
17 July 2002
Marxism Guevarism
Assembly of the Republic :
Founded as a successor to the Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat - Revolutionary Brigades
Puerto Rico
Communist Party of Puerto Rico Partido Comunista de Puerto Rico
PCPR
2010
Marxism-Leninism Anti-imperialism Puerto Rican Independence
House :
Senate :
Réunion
Communist Party of Réunion Parti Communiste Réunionnais
PCR
Élie Hoarau
1959
Post-Marxism Regionalism
National Assembly : Senate :
Romania
Communitarian Party of Romania Partidul Comunitar din România
PCDR
Petre Ignatencu
19 March 2010
Communitarianism Progressivism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-Americanism
Anti-capitalism
Chamber of Deputies : Senate :
Romanian Socialist Party Partidul Socialist Român
PSR
Constantin Rotaru
July 2003
Eurocommunism Progressivism Equality feminism Left-wing nationalism
Anti-NATO
European federalism
Pro-Europeanism
Chamber of Deputies : Senate :
Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации
CPRFКПРФ
Gennady Zyuganov
14 February 1993 (1993-02-14 )
Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Soviet patriotism
Social conservatism
Neo-Stalinism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Left Front Левый фронт
Sergei Udaltsov
18 October 2008
Marxism–Leninism Anti-fascism Anti-nationalism Anti-liberalism Anti-capitalism Internationalism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Российская коммунистическая рабочая партия в составе Коммунистической партии Советского Союза
RCWP-CPSUРКРП-КПСС
Stepan Malentsov
27 October 2001
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Russian Labour Front Российский трудовой фронт
RTFРТФ
Alexander Batov
22 February 2010
Marxism–Leninism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Russian Maoist Party Российская маоистская партия
RMPРМП
Collective leadership
9 June 2000
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Anti-revisionism Proletarian internationalism Feminism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Labour Russia Трудовая Россия
LRТР
Stanislav Ruzanov
7 November 1991
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Soviet patriotism Direct democracy Left-wing nationalism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Russian Party of Freedom and Justice Российская партия свободы и справедливости
RPSSРПСС
Konstantin Rykov
8 April 2012
Social democracy Russian nationalism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Communists of Russia Коммунисты России
CPCRРПСС
Sergey Malinkovich
23 May 2009
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism
State Duma : Federation Council :
Serbia
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Нова комунистичка партија Југославије / Nova Komunistička Partija Jugoslavije
NKPJНKПЈ
Aleksandar Banjanac
30 June 1990
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism Yugoslavism
Russophilia
National Assembly :
Party of Labour Партија рада / Partija rada
PRПР
Collective leadership
28 March 1992
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Slovakia
Communist Party of Slovakia Komunistická strana Slovenska
KSS
Jozef Hrdlička
29 August 1992
Marxism–Leninism
National Council :
Dawn Úsvit
Luciana Hoptová
25 May 2005
Marxism
National Council :
South Africa
Economic Freedom Fighters
EFF
Julius Malema
26 July 2013
Marxism–Leninism Fanonism Sankarism Anti-imperialism Pan-Africanism Black nationalism Anti-Zionism
Left-wing populism
Anti-capitalism
National Assembly :
National Council of Provinces :
Currently the third-largest party in both houses of the South African Parliament .
Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party
SRWP
Irvin Jim
March 2019
Marxism-Leninism
National Assembly :
National Council of Provinces :
South Ossetia
Communist Party of South Ossetia Хуссар Ирыстоны Коммунистон парти
CPSOХИКп
Stanislav Kochiev
1993
Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism
Parliament :
South Sudan
Communist Party of South Sudan
CPSS
Joseph Wol Modesto
June 2011
Marxism–Leninism
National Legislative Assembly :
Council of States :
Spain
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España
PCPE
Julio Díaz
15 January 1984
Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism Internationalism
Anti-capitalism
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) Partido Comunista de España (marxista-leninista)
PCE (m-l)
2006
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism Republicanism
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted) Partido Comunista de España (Reconstituido)
PCE(r)
Manuel Pérez Martínez
1975
Marxism–Leninism Republicanism
Maoism (until 1990s)
Banned
Banned in 2003 due to links to the First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups . Inactive as of 2006, though not officially dissolved.
Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) Partido Marxista–Leninista (Reconstrucción Comunista)
PML(RC) / RC
Roberto Vaquero Arribas
6 October 2014
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Anti-fascism Republicanism
Proletarian internationalism
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Temporarily banned from December 2014 to 2017 due to alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party .
Communist Unification of Spain Unificación Comunista de España
UCE
1973
Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong thought
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Spanish Communist Workers' Party Partido Comunista Obrero Español
PCOE
Francisco Barjas
1973
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism Anti-fascism Republicanism
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Revolutionary Communist Party Partido Comunista Revolucionario
PCR
1994
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Anti-revisionism
Maoism
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Marxist–Leninist Front of the Peoples of Spain Frente Marxista-Leninista de los Pueblos de España
F(M-L)PE
Gregorio Fernandez Lopez
1987
Marxism–Leninism
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Democratic Labour Party Partido del Trabajo Democrático
PTD
Miguel Ángel Villalón
2013
Marxism–Leninism Republicanism Feminism
Congress of Deputies :
Senate :
Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya Viu Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluña Vivo
PSUC Viu
Collective leadership
June 1997
Republicanism Federalism
Parliament of Catalonia :
Regional party active in Catalonia
United and Alternative Left Esquerra Unida i Alternativa Izquierda Unida y Alternativa
EUiA
Joan Josep Nuet
1998
Marxism Ecologism Catalan self-determination Republicanism
Parliament of Catalonia :
Galician People's Union Unión do Povo Galego Unión del Pueblo Gallego
UPG
Néstor Rego
November 1963
Marxism-Leninism Galician nationalism
Parliament of Galicia :
Regional party active in Galicia . Member of the Galician Nationalist Bloc .
Galician Movement for Socialism Movemento Galego ao Socialismo Movimiento Gallego al Socialismo
MGS
Rafa Villar
2009
Galician nationalism Galician self-determination Euroscepticism Feminism
Parliament of Galicia :
Galician People's Front Frente Popular Galega Frente Popular Gallego
FPG
Mariano Abalo
1986
Marxism-Leninism Galician self-determination
Parliament of Galicia :
Regional party active in Galicia
Sudan
Sudanese Communist Party
SCP
Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib
1946
Marxism–Leninism
Transitional Legislative Council :
Sweden
Communist Party of Sweden Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti
SKP
Andreas Sörensen
1977
Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism
Riksdag :
Communist Party Kommunistiska partiet
K
Povel Johansson
1970
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism
Riksdag :
Switzerland
Communist Party Partito Comunista
PC
Massimiliano Arif Ay
May 1944
Marxism–Leninism
National Council :
Council of States :
Currently only active in Ticino and the Grisons
Swiss Party of Labour Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz Parti Suisse du Travail – Parti Ouvrier et Populaire Partito Svizzero del Lavoro – Partito Operaio e Popolare
PdA PST-POP PdL-POP
Norberto Crivelli
14 October 1944
Marxism
Socialism
National Council :
Council of States :
Sri Lanka
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி
JVPජවිපේ ஜே.வி.பி.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
14 May 1965
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism
Progressivism
Parliament :
Communist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி
CPSLශ්රීලංකොප இ.க.க.
G. Weerasinghe
1943
Marxism–Leninism
Parliament :
Part of various different coalition governments from 1970–1975, 1994–2000, 2004–2015 and 2020–2022
Lanka Sama Samaja Party ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி
LSSPලසසප ல.ச.ச.க.
Tissa Vitharana
18 December 1935
Trotskyism
Parliament :
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය (මාඕවාදී) சிலோன் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி (மாவோயிஸ்ட்)
CCP (Maoist)
1964
Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Anti-revisionism
Parliament :
Socialist Equality Party සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி
SEPසසප சோ.ச.க.
Deepal Jayasekera
1964
Trotskyism
Parliament :
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්රී ලංකා සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය இலங்கை சோசலிச கட்சி
SPSL
2006
Marxism Trotskyism
Parliament :
United Socialist Party එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி
USPඑසප ஐ.சோ.க.
Siritunga Jayasuriya
2006
Marxism Trotskyism
Parliament :
New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party නව-ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී මාක්ස්-ලෙනින්වාදී පක්ෂය புதிய-ஜனநாயக மார்க்சிச-லெனினிச கட்சி
NDMLPනප්රමාලෙප பு.ஜ.மா.லெ.க.
S. K. Senthivel
3 July 1978
Marxism-Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Anti-revisionism
Parliament :
Frontline Socialist Party පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය முன்னிலை சோசலிசக் கட்சி
FLSPපෙසප மு.சோ.க.
Premakumar Gunaratnam
9 April 2012
Marxism-Leninism Anti-imperialism Revolutionary socialism
Parliament :
Syria
People's Will Party حزب الإرادة الشعبية
PWP
Collective leadership
2012
Marxism-Leninism
People's Assembly :
Communist Action Party حزب العمل الشيوعي
Fateh Jamous
August 1976
Marxism-Leninism
Banned
Taiwan
Taiwan People's Communist Party 臺灣人民共產黨
TPCP
Lin Te-wang
4 February 2017
Chinese unification
Socialism with Chinese characteristics
Legislative Yuan :
Tajikistan
Communist Party of Tajikistan
KPT
6 December 1924
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Togo
Communist Party of Togo
PCT
4 May 1980
Hoxhaism
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Transnistria
Transnistrian Communist Party
PKP
Nadezhda Bondarenko
20 April 2003
Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism
Tunisia
Workers' Party
Hamma Hammami
January 3 1986
Marxism-Leninism
Hoxhaism
Pan-Arabism
Democratic Patriots' Unified Party
Ziad Lakhdar
1982
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Maoism
Arab nationalism
Anti-Islamism
Turkey
Communist Party of Turkey
TKP
Kemal Okuyan
11 November 2001
Marxism–Leninism
Grand National Assembly :
Workers' Party of Turkey
TİP
Erkan Baş
7 November 2001
Marxism–Leninism Left-wing populism
Progressivism
Grand National Assembly :
Labour Party
EMEP
Selma Gürkan
25 November 1996
Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Grand National Assembly :
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist
TKP/ML
24 April 1972
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Banned
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party
MLKP
10 September 1994
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Hoxhaism
Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist
TKEP/L
1 September 1990
Marxism–Leninism
Communist Workers Party of Turkey
TKİP
November 1998
Marxism-Leninism
Maoist Communist Party
MKP
15 September 2002
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
DHKP/C
30 March 1994
Marxism-Leninism
Guevarism
Foco theory
Socialist patriotism
Revolutionary socialism
Communist Party of Kurdistan
KKP
1982
Kurdish self-determination
Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan – Turkey)
BP (KK-T)
1981
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Turkmenistan
Communist Party of Turkmenistan
TKP
1998
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Banned
Ukraine
Communist Party of Ukraine Комуністична партія України Коммунистическая партия Украины
KPUКПУ
Petro Symonenko
19 June 1993
Marxism–Leninism Left-wing populism Soviet patriotism Pro-Russia
Social conservatism
Banned
Banned in 2015 under Ukraine's decommunization laws , continues to operate underground
Union of Communists of Ukraine Союз комуністів України Союз коммунистов Украины
SKUСКУ
December 19, 1992
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism
Stalinism
United Kingdom
Communist Party of Britain
CPB
Robert Griffiths
1988
Marxism–Leninism
Britain's Road to Socialism
Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)
CPB-ML
1968
Marxism-Leninism
Hard Euroscepticism
Hoxhaism
Maoism (until 1979)
Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)
CPGB-ML
Ella Rule
July 3, 2004
Marxism-Leninism
Stalinism
Anti-revisionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)
CPGB (PCC)
1991
Leninism
Anti-Stalinism
New Communist Party of Britain
NCP
Andy Brooks
1977
Marxism-Leninism
Stalinism
Anti-revisionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)
CPE (ML)
1979
Marxism-Leninism
Hoxhaism
Anti-revisionism
Revolutionary Communist Group
RCG
1974
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-imperialism
Communist League
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Communist Party USA
CPUSA
Collective leadership (National Convention )
1 September 1919
Marxism-Leninism Bill of Rights socialism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Party for Socialism and Liberation
PSL
Collective leadership
June 2004
Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Socialist Alternative
SA
Collective leadership
April 1986
Marxism Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Socialist Equality Party
SEP
David North
September 1964
Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Workers World Party
WWP
Larry Holmes
1959
Marxism-Leninism Proletarian internationalism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Socialist Workers Party
SWP
Jack Barnes
January 1938
Marxism Castroism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Socialist Action
Jeff Mackler
1983
Trotskyism
House of Representatives :
Senate :
Uruguay
Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay Partido Comunista Revolucionario
PCR
Ricardo Cohen
1972
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Chamber of Representatives :
Senate :
Uzbekistan
Communist Party of Uzbekistan Ўзбекистон коммунистик партияси / Oʻzbekiston kommunistik partiyasi Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана
КПУз / OʻzKP СДК
Kaxramon Mahmudov
1994
Marxism–Leninism
Socialism
Soviet patriotism
Anti-clericalism
Banned
Banned immediately after attempting to register with Uzbekistan's Central Election Commission
Venezuela
Communist Party of Venezuela Partido Comunista de Venezuela
PCV
Óscar Figuera
5 March 1931
Marxism–Leninism
National Assembly :
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela Partido Comunista Marxista Leninista de Venezuela
PCMLV
2009
Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism Anti-imperialism Anti-Chavismo
National Assembly :
Red Flag Party Partido Bandera Roja
BR
Gabriel Puerta Aponte
20 January 1970
Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Anti-Chavismo
National Assembly :
Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro (Popular Revolutionary Alternative ) Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro
MRT
1992 (1992 )
Marxism-Leninism Guevarism
Foco theory
Left-wing nationalism
Revolutionary socialism
National Assembly :
Section of the party supporting the Popular Revolutionary Alternative