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State of communist parties as of May 2006.
Socialist states
[edit]- China — Communist Party of China
- Cuba — Communist Party of Cuba
- Laos — Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- North Korea — Workers Party of Korea
- Vietnam — Communist Party of Vietnam
Participates in government (only one case per country included)
[edit]- Brazil — Communist Party of Brazil[1][2]
- Burkina Faso - African Independence Party (Toure)[3]
- Italy — Communist Refoundation Party, Party of Italian Communists — participates in the ruling coalition
- Moldova — Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
- Nepal — Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
- South Africa — South African Communist Party — participates in the ruling coalition
- Syria — Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash), Syrian Communist Party (Faisal) — participates in the ruling coalition
- Uruguay — Communist Party of Uruguay — participates in the ruling coalition
In parliament
[edit]Active
[edit]Clandestine
[edit]- Afghanistan - Afghanistan Liberation Organization, Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, source clandestinity?
- Albania - Communist Party of Albania
- Algeria - Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
- Argentina - Communist Party of Argentina, Revolutionary Communist Party
- Armenia - Armenian Communist Party, United Communist Party of Armenia
- Australia - Communist Party of Australia, Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist)
- Austria - Communist Party of Austria
- Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Communist Party, Reformist Communist Party of Azerbaijan, United Communist Party of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan Communist Party (on Platform of Marxism-Leninism)
- Bahrain - National Liberation Front of Bahrain
- Bangladesh - Communist Party of Bangladesh
- Belarus - Communist Party of Belarus, Party of Communists of Belarus
- Belgium - Kommunistische Partij, Parti Communiste, Workers Party of Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bolivia - Communist Party of Bolivia
- Bulgaria — Communist Party of Bulgaria — participates in the ruling coalition
- Britain - Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee), Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of Scotland, New Communist Party of Britain, Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist), Communist League of Great Britain, Revolutionary Communist Group
- Bulgaria - Communist Party of Bulgaria
- Burma - Communist Party of Burma
- Canada - Communist Party of Canada, Communist Party of Quebec, Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
- Chile - Communist Party of Chile
- China — Communist Party of China
- Colombia - Colombian Communist Party, Clandestine Colombian Communist Party
- Costa Rica - Popular Vanguard Party, Costa Rican People's Party
- Croatia - Socialist Labour Party of Croatia (among other left movements, it represents Croatia's Eurocommunists and New left)
- Cuba — Communist Party of Cuba
- Cyprus — Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL)
- Czech Republic - Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
- Denmark - Communist Party of Denmark, Communist Party in Denmark, Communist Party
- Dominican Republic - Force of the Revolution
- Finland - Communist Party of Finland, For Peace and Socialism - Communist Workers Party
- France - French Communist Party, Pole of Communist Rebirth in France, Workers Communist Party of France
- Ecuador - Communist Party of Ecuador, Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador, Workers' Party of Ecuador
- Egypt - Egyptian Communist Party
- Galicia (Galiza) - First Line
- Georgia - Communist Party of Georgia, Georgian United Communist Party, New Communist Party of Georgia
- Germany - German Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany
- Greece - Communist Party of Greece, New Left Current
- Guadeloupe - Guadeloupe Communist Party
- Hungary - Hungarian Communist Workers' Party
- India - Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Socialist Unity Centre of India, Communist Ghadar Party of India
- Iran - Tudeh Party of Iran
- Iraq - Iraqi Communist Party, Iraqi Communist Party - Cadre, Iraqi Communist Party - Central Command[4]
- Ireland - Communist Party of Ireland, Workers Party of Ireland
- Israel - Communist Party of Israel which dominates the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash)
- Italy - Communist Refoundation Party, Party of Italian Communists
- Japan - Japanese Communist Party
- Jordan - Communist Party of Jordan, Jordanian Democratic People's Party, Communist Workers' Party of Jordan
- Kazakhstan - Communist Party of Kazakhstan, People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan - Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan
- Laos — Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Latvia — Socialist Party of Latvia
- Lebanon - Lebanese Communist Party
- Lesotho - Communist Party of Lesotho
- Luxembourg - Communist Party of Luxemburg
- Malta - Communist Party of Malta
- Martinique - Communist Party of Martinique
- Mexico - Popular Socialist Party, Party of Mexican Communists
- Moldova — Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
- Mongolia - Mongolian Communist Party[5]
- Morocco - Annahj Addimocrati
- Nagorno-Karabakh (unrecognized country) - Communist Party of Nagorno Karabakh
- Nepal - Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
- Netherlands - New Communist Party of the Netherlands
- New Zealand - Socialist Party of Aotearoa
- North Korea — Korean Workers' Party
- Norway - Communist Party of Norway
- Palestinian National Authority - Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Panama - People's Party of Panama
- Paraguay - Paraguayan Communist Party
- Pakistan - Communist Mazdoor Kisan Party, Communist Party of Pakistan
- Peru - Peruvian Communist Party, Communist Party of Peru (Red Fatherland), Communist Party of Peru, Shining Path
- Philippines - Communist Party of the Philippines
- Poland - Communist Party of Poland
- Portugal - Portuguese Communist Party, Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers - Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat
- Réunion - Communist Party of Réunion
- Russia - Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Communist Workers Party of Russia, All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks
- San Marino - San Marino Communist Refoundation
- Serbia - New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
- Senegal - Party of Independence and Work
- Slovakia - Communist Party of Slovakia
- South Africa - South African Communist Party
- Spain - Communist Party of Spain
- Sudan - Communist Party of the Sudan
- Sweden - Communist Party, Communist Party of Sweden
- Switzerland - Swiss Party of Labour
- Syria - Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash), Syrian Communist Party (Faisal)
- Sri Lanka - Communist Party of Sri Lanka
- Tajikistan - Communist Party of Tajikistan
- Transnistria (unrecognized country) - Pridnestrovie Communist Party, Communist Party of Pridnestrovie
- Turkey - Communist Party of Turkey
- Turkmenistan - Communist Party of Turkmenistan - illegal
- Ukraine - Communist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed)
- United States - Communist Party USA, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Progressive Labor Party, Ray O. Light Group, Revolutionary Communist Party, Workers World Party, Workers Party, USA
- Uruguay - Communist Party of Uruguay
- Uzbekistan - Communist Party of Uzbekistan - illegal[6]
- Venezuela - Communist Party of Venezuela
- Vietnam — Communist Party of Vietnam
Former
[edit]- Afghanistan - Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, became Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan
- Albania - Party of Labour of Albania, became Socialist Party of Albania
- Brazil - Brazilian Communist Party, became Popular Socialist Party
- Bulgaria - Bulgarian Communist Party, became Bulgarian Socialist Party
- Cambodia - Cambodian People's Party
- Ethiopia - All-Ethiopian Socialist Movement
- Germany (East) - Socialist Unity Party of Germany, became Party of Democratic Socialism, and is now known as "The Left".
- Hungary - Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, became Hungarian Socialist Party
- Iceland - Social Democratic Alliance
- Italy - Italian Communist Party, became the Party of the Democratic Left, which later merged into the Democrats of the Left
- Mongolia - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
- Nicaragua - Socialist Party of Nicaragua
- Sweden - Left Party - Communists, became Left Party
- Palestine - Palestine Communist Party, became Palestinian People's Party
- Poland - Polish United Workers Party, became Alliance of the Democratic Left
- Romania - Communist Party of Romania, became Democratic Socialist Party of Romania, which later merged into the Social Democratic Party of Romania
- San Marino - Communist Party of San Marino, became Party of Democrats
- Tunisia - Tunisian Communist Party, became Movement for Renewal
- Yemen - Yemeni Socialist Party
Defunct (ruling)
[edit]- Czechoslovakia - Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic branch became Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and Slovak branch became the Party of the Democratic Left
- Soviet Union - Communist Party of the Soviet Union, previously the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
- Yugoslavia - League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Defunct (non-ruling)
[edit]- Armenia - Armenian Workers Communist Party, Armenian Workers Union, Marxist Party of Armenia, Union of Communists of Armenia, Renewed Communist Party of Armenia
- Australia - Communist Party of Australia
- Britain - Communist Party of Great Britain
- Brazil - Communist Brasilian Revolucionary Party PCBR
- Canada - Labour-Progressive Party founded in 1943 when Communist Party of Canada was banned (resumed former name in 1959), Workers' Communist Party of Canada
- Channel Islands - Communist Party of Jersey
- Republic of China (Taiwan) - Taiwanese Communist Party
- Cuba - Popular Socialist Party, joined Cuban Communist Party
- El Salvador - Communist Party of El Salvador, merged into the FMLN
- Free Territory of Trieste - Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste, merged into the Italian Communist Party
- Georgia - Revived Communist Party of Georgia, Georgian Workers Communist Party
- Germany - Spartacist League formed in 1918 and became the Communist Party of Germany
- Germany (West) - Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin, Communist Party of Germany (banned 1956 in West Germany)
- Guatemala - Guatemalan Party of Labour, merged into the URNG
- Haiti - Unified Party of Haitian Communists, merged into the National Reconstruction Movement in 1990
- Honduras - Communist Party of Honduras, merged into the Partido Renovación Patriótica
- Iceland - Communist Party of Iceland
- Indonesia - Communist Party of Indonesia
- Ireland - Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
- Israel - Maki (1948-1973) split in 1965 with formation of largely Arab Rakah which changed its name to Maki in 1989.
- Italy - Communist Party of Italy
- Malaysia - Malayan Communist Party, North Kalimantan Communist Party
- Mexico - Mexican Communist Party
- Namibia - Communist Party of Namibia
- Netherlands - Communist Party of the Netherlands merged into GroenLinks in 1989
- New Zealand - Communist Party of New Zealand, Socialist Unity Party
- Nigeria - Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria
- Norway - Workers' Communist Party
- Palestine - Communist Party of Palestine (1921-1948)
- Poland - Communist Party of Poland
- Saudi Arabia - Communist Party of Saudi Arabia
- Thailand - Communist Party of Thailand
- United States - Communist Party Marxist-Leninist, May 19th Communist Movement
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