International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
This article refers to the revival of these gathering that has occurred since 1998. For the early and ideologically related meetings under the same name, see 1960 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties and 1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties.
The International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) is an annual conference attended by communist parties from several nations. It originated in 1998 when the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) invited communist and workers' parties to participate in an annual conference where parties could gather to share their experiences and issue a joint declaration.
The participants of the meeting have created a working group to address all aspects of organizing the meetings. As of November 2011, the working group is composed by the communist parties of Brazil, Greece, India, Lebanon, Portugal, Russian Federation and South Africa.[1] Additionally there are occasionally extraordinary meetings such as the meeting in Damascus 28–30 September 2009 on "Solidarity with the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people and the other people in Middle East". In December 2009, the communist and workers parties agreed to the creation of the International Communist Review, which is published annually in English and Spanish and has a website.[2]
Working Group
The participants of the meeting have created a working group to address all aspects of organizing the meetings. As of November 2011, the working group is composed by the communist parties of Brazil, Greece, India, Lebanon, Portugal, Russian Federation and South Africa.[1]
International meetings
18th International Meeting, 2016
The 18th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place in Hanoi, Vietnam from 28 to 30 October 2016.[3]
17th International Meeting, 2015
The 17th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place in Istanbul, Turkey from 30 October to 1 November 2015.[4]
16th International Meeting, 2014
The 16th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place from 13 to 15 November 2014 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was attended by 85 delegates representing 53 parties from 44 countries.[5]
15th International Meeting, 2013
The 15th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place from 8 to 10 November 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal.
14th International Meeting, 2012
The 14th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place from 22 to 25 November 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon.
| Country | Party | Leaders | Parliamentary representation |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria |
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 462 2012 election |
Participated |
 Australia |
Communist Party of Australia | Bob Briton General Secretary |
0 / 150 2010 election |
Sent message |
 Azerbaijan |
Communist Party of Azerbaijan | Rauf Gurbanov General Secretary |
0 / 125 2010 election |
Participated |
 Bahrain |
Progressive Democratic Tribune | Hassan Madan General Secretary |
0 / 40 2014 election |
Participated |
 Bangladesh |
Communist Party of Bangladesh | Mujahidul Islam Selim General Secretary |
0 / 300 2014 election |
Participated |
| Workers Party of Bangladesh | Syed Abu Zafar General Secretary |
6 / 300 2014 election |
Participated | |
 Belarus |
Communist Party of Belarus | Igor Karpenko General Secretary |
3 / 110 2012 election |
Participated |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Workers' Party of Belgium | Peter Mertens President |
2 / 150 2014 election |
Participated |
 Brazil |
Brazilian Communist Party | Ivan Pinheiro General Secretary |
0 / 513 2014 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of Brazil | José Renato Rabelo President |
10 / 513 2014 election |
Participated | |
 Canada |
Communist Party of Canada | Miguel Figueroa General Secretary |
0 / 308 2011 election |
Participated |
 Chile |
Communist Party of Chile | Guillermo Teillier President |
6 / 120 2013 election |
Sent message |
 China |
Communist Party of China | Xi Jinping General Secretary |
2,099 / 2,987 2007–2008 election |
Participated |
 Croatia |
Socialist Labour Party of Croatia | Ivan Plješa President |
0 / 151 2011 election |
Participated |
 Cuba |
Communist Party of Cuba | Raúl Castro First Secretary |
612 / 612 2013 election |
Participated |
 Cyprus |
Progressive Party of Working People | Andros Kyprianou General Secretary |
19 / 56 2011 election |
Participated |
 Czech Republic |
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | Vojtěch Filip Chairman |
33 / 200 2013 election |
Participated |
 Denmark |
Communist Party in Denmark | Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson Chairman |
0 / 179 2011 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of Denmark | Henrik Stamer Hedin Chairman |
0 / 179 2011 election |
Participated | |
 Egypt |
Egyptian Communist Party | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 508 2011–2012 election |
Participated |
 Finland |
Communist Party of Finland | Yrjö Hakanen Chairman |
0 / 200 2011 election |
Participated |
 France |
French Communist Party | Pierre Laurent National Secretary |
7 / 577 2012 election |
Participated |
 Germany |
German Communist Party | Bettina Jürgensen General Secretary |
0 / 631 2013 election |
Participated |
 Great Britain |
Communist Party of Britain | Robert Griffiths General Secretary |
0 / 650 2010 election |
Participated |
 Greece |
Communist Party of Greece | Dimitris Koutsoumpas General Secretary |
12 / 300 June 2012 election |
Participated |
 Hungary |
Hungarian Workers' Party | Gyula Thürmer Chairman |
0 / 199 2014 election |
Participated |
 India |
Communist Party of India | Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy General Secretary |
1 / 543 2014 election |
Sent message |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Prakash Karat General Secretary |
7 / 543 2014 election |
Participated | |
 Iran |
Tudeh Party of Iran | Ali Khavari General Secretary |
Illegal | Sent message |
 Iraq |
Iraqi Communist Party | Hamid Majid Mousa General Secretary |
1 / 328 2014 election |
Participated |
| Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq | Kamal Shakir General Secretary |
0 / 325 2014 election |
Participated | |
 Ireland |
Communist Party of Ireland | Eugene McCartan General Secretary |
0 / 166 2011 election |
Participated |
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Mick Finnegan President |
0 / 166 2011 election |
Participated | |
 Italy |
Communist Refoundation Party | Paolo Ferrero General Secretary |
0 / 617 2013 election |
Participated |
| Party of Italian Communists | Oliviero Diliberto General Secretary |
0 / 617 2013 election |
Participated | |
 Jordan |
Jordanian Communist Party | Munir Hamarneh General Secretary |
0 / 150 2013 election |
Participated |
 Lebanon |
Lebanese Communist Party | Khaled Hadadi General Secretary |
0 / 128 2009 election |
Participated |
 Luxembourg |
Communist Party of Luxembourg | Ali Ruckert General Secretary |
0 / 60 2013 election |
Sent message |
 Malta |
Communist Party of Malta | Victor Degiovanni General Secretary |
0 / 69 2013 election |
Sent message |
 Mexico |
Communist Party of Mexico | Pável Blanco Cabrera General Secretary |
0 / 500 2012 election |
Participated |
 Nepal |
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jhala Nath Khanal Chairman |
175 / 601 2013 election |
Participated |
 Netherlands |
New Communist Party of the Netherlands | Job Pruijser Chairman |
0 / 150 2012 election |
Participated |
 Norway |
Communist Party of Norway | Jørgen Hovde Chairman |
0 / 169 2013 election |
Participated |
 Pakistan |
Communist Party of Pakistan | Imdad Qazi General Secretary |
0 / 272 2013 election |
Sent message |
 Palestine |
Palestinian People's Party | Bassam as-Salhi General Secretary |
0 / 272 2006 election |
Participated |
| Palestinian Communist Party | Did not participate | Participated | ||
 Philippines |
Communist Party of the Philippines | Armando Liwanag Chairman |
Illegal | Sent message |
 Portugal |
Portuguese Communist Party | Jerónimo de Sousa General Secretary |
14 / 230 2011 election |
Participated |
 Russia |
Communist Party of the Russian Federation | Gennady Zyuganov Chairman |
92 / 450 2011 election |
Participated |
| Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | Viktor Tyulkin Chairman |
0 / 450 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Communist Party of the Soviet Union | Sergey Alexandrov First Secretary |
Did not participate | Participated | |
 Serbia |
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia | Batrić Mijović Executive Secretary |
0 / 250 2012 election |
Participated |
 South Africa |
South African Communist Party | Blade Nzimande General Secretary |
0 / 400 2014 election |
Participated |
 Spain |
Communist Party of Spain | José Luis Centella General Secretary |
6 / 350 2011 election |
Participated |
| Party of the Communists of Catalonia | Joan Josep Nuet General Secretary |
1 / 350 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain | Carmelo Suárez General Secretary |
0 / 350 2011 election |
Participated | |
 Sri Lanka |
Communist Party of Sri Lanka | D. E. W. Gunasekera General Secretary |
2 / 225 2010 election |
Participated |
 Sudan |
Sudanese Communist Party | Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib General Secretary |
0 / 450 2010 election |
Participated |
 Sweden |
Communist Party of Sweden | Victor Diaz de Filippi Chairman |
0 / 349 2014 election |
Participated |
 Syria |
Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) | Ammar Bagdache General Secretary |
8 / 250 2012 election |
Participated |
| Syrian Communist Party (Unified) | Hanin Nimir General Secretary |
3 / 250 2012 election |
Participated | |
 Tajikistan |
Communist Party of Tajikistan | Shodi Shabdolov General Secretary |
2 / 63 2010 election |
Participated |
 Turkey |
Communist Party of Turkey | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 550 2011 election |
Participated |
| Labour Party | Selma Gürkan General Secretary |
0 / 550 2011 election |
Participated | |
 Ukraine |
Communist Party of Ukraine | Petro Symonenko General Secretary |
0 / 450 2014 election |
Participated |
| Union of Communists of Ukraine | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 450 2014 election |
Has not participated | |
 United States |
Communist Party USA | Sam Webb Chairman |
0 / 435 2012 election |
Participated |
 Vietnam |
Communist Party of Vietnam | Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary |
458 / 500 2012 election |
Participated |
13th International Meeting, 2011
The 13th meeting was held in Athens, Greece, from 9 to 11 December 2011 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). Under the motto "Socialism is the future!", it was attended by 80 parties, while additional eight parties sent a message.
Countries with parties that participated in the 13th IMCWP (2011) appear in red on this map.
| Country | Party | Leaders | Parliamentary representation |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania |
Communist Party of Albania | Hysni Milloshi First Secretary |
0 / 140 2009 election |
Participated |
| Algeria |
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 462 2007 election |
Participated |
 Argentina |
Communist Party of Argentina | Patricio Echegaray General Secretary |
0 / 257 2011 election |
Sent message |
 Armenia |
Armenian Communist Party | Ruben Tovmasyan General Secretary |
0 / 131 2007 election |
Participated |
| Australia |
Communist Party of Australia | Hannah Middleton General Secretary |
0 / 150 2007 |
Participated |
| Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan Communist Party (on Platform of Marxism–Leninism) | Rauf Gurbanov General Secretary |
0 / 125 2010 |
Participated |
| Bangladesh |
Communist Party of Bangladesh | Mujahidul Islam Selim General Secretary |
0 / 300 2008 election |
Participated |
| Workers Party of Bangladesh | Syed Abu Zafar General Secretary |
2 / 300 2008 election |
Participated | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belarus |
Communist Party of Belarus | Igor Karpenko General Secretary |
6 / 110 2008 election |
Participated |
| Belgium |
Communist Party | Pierre Beauvois President |
0 / 150 2010 election |
Sent message |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | Peter Mertens President |
0 / 150 2010 election |
Participated | |
 Bolivia |
Communist Party of Bolivia | Illegal | Sent message | |
| Brazil |
Brazilian Communist Party | Ivan Pinheiro General Secretary |
0 / 513 2010 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of Brazil | José Renato Rabelo President |
15 / 513 2010 election |
Participated | |
 Bulgaria |
Communist Party of Bulgaria | Aleksandar Paunov General Secretary |
1 / 240 2009 election |
Participated |
| Party of Bulgarian Communists | Mincho Minchev Petrov Secretary of Political Affairs |
0 / 240 2009 election |
Participated | |
| Canada |
Communist Party of Canada | Miguel Figueroa General Secretary |
0 / 308 2011 election |
Participated |
| Croatia |
Socialist Labour Party of Croatia | Ivan Plješa President |
0 / 151 2011 election |
Participated |
| Cuba |
Communist Party of Cuba | Raúl Castro First Secretary |
614 / 614 2008 election |
Participated |
| Cyprus |
Progressive Party of Working People | Andros Kyprianou General Secretary |
19 / 56 2011 election |
Participated |
| Czech Republic |
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | Vojtěch Filip Chairman |
26 / 200 2010 election |
Participated |
| Denmark |
Communist Party in Denmark | Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson Chairman |
0 / 179 2011 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of Denmark | Henrik Stamer Hedin Chairman |
12 / 179 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Egypt |
Egyptian Communist Party | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 518 2010 election |
Participated |
| Finland |
Communist Party of Finland | Yrjö Hakanen Chairman |
0 / 200 2011 election |
Participated |
| France |
French Communist Party | Pierre Laurent National Secretary |
15 / 577 2007 election |
Participated |
 Georgia |
United Communist Party of Georgia | Nugzar Shalvovich Avaliani National Secretary |
0 / 150 2008 election |
Participated |
| Germany |
German Communist Party | Bettina Jürgensen General Secretary |
0 / 620 2009 election |
Participated |
| Great Britain |
Communist Party of Britain | Robert Griffiths General Secretary |
0 / 650 2010 election |
Participated |
| New Communist Party of Britain | Andy Brooks General Secretary |
0 / 650 2010 election |
Participated | |
| Greece |
Communist Party of Greece | Aleka Papariga General Secretary |
22 / 300 2007 election |
Participated |
 Guyana |
People's Progressive Party | Donald Ramotar President |
32 / 65 2011 election |
Participated |
| Hungary |
Hungarian Communist Workers' Party | Gyula Thürmer Chairman |
0 / 386 2010 election |
Participated |
| India |
Communist Party of India | Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan General Secretary |
4 / 545 2009 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Prakash Karat General Secretary |
16 / 545 2009 election |
Participated | |
 Korea, North |
Workers' Party of Korea | Kim Jong-il General Secretary |
606 / 687 2009 election |
Participated |
| Iran |
Tudeh Party of Iran | Mohammad Omidvar General Secretary |
Illegal | Sent message |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Communist Party | Hamid Majid Mousa General Secretary |
0 / 325 2010 election |
Sent message |
| Ireland |
Communist Party of Ireland | Eugene McCartan General Secretary |
0 / 166 2011 election |
Participated |
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Mick Finnegan President |
0 / 166 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Italy |
Party of Italian Communists | Oliviero Diliberto General Secretary |
0 / 630 2008 election |
Participated |
| Jordan |
Jordanian Communist Party | Munir Hamarneh General Secretary |
0 / 150 2010 election |
Participated |
 Laos |
Lao People's Revolutionary Party | Choummaly Sayasone General Secretary |
128 / 132 2011 election |
Participated |
 Latvia |
Socialist Party of Latvia | Alfrēds Rubiks Chairman |
3 / 100 2010 election |
Participated |
| Lebanon |
Lebanese Communist Party | Khaled Hadadi General Secretary |
0 / 128 2009 election |
Participated |
 Lithuania |
Socialist People's Front | Algirdas Paleckis Chairman |
0 / 141 2008 election |
Participated |
| Luxembourg |
Communist Party of Luxembourg | Ali Ruckert General Secretary |
0 / 60 2009 election |
Participated |
 Macedonia |
Communist Party of Macedonia | Did not participate | Participated | |
| Malta |
Communist Party of Malta | Victor Degiovanni General Secretary |
0 / 69 2008 election |
Sent message |
| Mexico |
Communist Party of Mexico | Pável Blanco Cabrera General Secretary |
0 / 500 2008 election |
Participated |
| Popular Socialist Party of Mexico | Cuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo General Secretary |
Not recognized | Sent message | |
| Nepal |
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jhala Nath Khanal Chairman |
109 / 601 2008 election |
Sent message |
| Netherlands |
New Communist Party of the Netherlands | Job Pruijser Chairman |
0 / 150 2010 election |
Participated |
| Norway |
Communist Party of Norway | Svend Haakon Jacobsen Chairman |
0 / 169 2009 election |
Participated |
| Pakistan |
Communist Party of Pakistan | Imdad Qazi General Secretary |
0 / 272 2008 election |
Participated |
| Palestine |
Palestinian People's Party | Bassam as-Salhi General Secretary |
0 / 272 2006 election |
Participated |
| Palestinian Communist Party | Did not participate | Participated | ||
 Paraguay |
Communist Party of Paraguay | Najeeb Amado General Secretary |
Did not participate | Participated |
 Peru |
Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland | Alberto Moreno General Secretary |
Did not participate | Participated |
| Peruvian Communist Party | Roberto De La Cruz Huaman General Secretary |
0 / 130 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Philippines |
Communist Party of the Philippines – 1930 | Antonio E. Paris General Secretary |
Illegal | Sent message |
 Poland |
Communist Party of Poland | Krzysztof Szwej Chairman |
0 / 460 2011 election |
Participated |
| Portugal |
Portuguese Communist Party | Jerónimo de Sousa General Secretary |
14 / 230 2011 election |
Participated |
 Romania |
Romanian Communist Party | Not recognized | Participated | |
| Russia |
Communist Party of the Russian Federation | Gennady Zyuganov Chairman |
92 / 450 2011 election |
Participated |
| Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists | Viktor Tyulkin Chairman |
0 / 450 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Communist Party of the Soviet Union | Sergey Alexandrov First Secretary |
Did not participate | Participated | |
| Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union | Gennady Zyuganov Chairman |
Did not participate | Participated | |
| Serbia |
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia | Branko Kitanović Executive Secretary |
0 / 250 2008 election |
Participated |
| Party of Communists of Serbia | 0 / 250 2008 election |
Participated | ||
| South Africa |
South African Communist Party | Blade Nzimande General Secretary |
0 / 400 2009 election |
Participated |
| Spain |
Communist Party of Spain | José Luis Centella General Secretary |
6 / 350 2011 election |
Participated |
| Party of the Communists of Catalonia | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 350 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain | Carmelo Suárez General Secretary |
0 / 350 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Sri Lanka |
Communist Party of Sri Lanka | D. E. W. Gunasekera General Secretary |
2 / 225 2010 election |
Participated |
| Sudan |
Sudanese Communist Party | Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib General Secretary |
0 / 450 2010 election |
Participated |
| Sweden |
Communist Party of Sweden | Victor Diaz de Filippi Chairman |
0 / 349 2010 election |
Participated |
| Syria |
Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) | Ammar Bagdache General Secretary |
5 / 250 2007 election |
Participated |
| Syrian Communist Party (Unified) | Hanin Nimir General Secretary |
3 / 250 2007 election |
Participated | |
| Turkey |
Communist Party of Turkey | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 550 2011 election |
Participated |
| Labour Party | Selma Gürkan General Secretary |
0 / 550 2011 election |
Participated | |
| Ukraine |
Communist Party of Ukraine | Petro Symonenko General Secretary |
32 / 450 2007 election |
Participated |
| Union of Communists of Ukraine | Collective leadership Central Committee |
27 / 450 2007 election |
Participated | |
 Uruguay |
Communist Party of Uruguay | Eduardo Lorier General Secretary |
50 / 99 2009 election |
Sent message |
| United States |
Communist Party USA | Sam Webb Chairman |
0 / 435 2010 election |
Participated |
 Venezuela |
Communist Party of Venezuela | Oscar Figuera General Secretary |
3 / 156 2010 election |
Participated |
| Vietnam |
Communist Party of Vietnam | Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary |
458 / 500 2011 election |
Participated |
12th International Meeting, 2010
The 13th meeting was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 3 to 5 December 2010 and was hosted by the South African Communist Party.
11th International Meeting, 2009
The 11th meeting was held in New Delhi, India, from 20 to 22 November 2009 and was hosted by both the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India. It was attended by 89 participants representing 57 communist and workers' parties and 48 countries.[6]
10th International Meeting, 2008
The 10th meeting was held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 21 to 23 November 2008 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). It was attended by dlegations of 65 communist and workers' parties from 55 countries.[7]
| Country | Party | Leaders | Parliamentary representation |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 462 2007 election |
Participated |
| Argentina |
Communist Party of Argentina | Patricio Echegaray General Secretary |
0 / 257 2007 election |
Participated |
| Belarus |
Communist Party of Belarus | Igor Karpenko General Secretary |
6 / 110 2004 election |
Participated |
| Belgium |
Workers' Party of Belgium | Peter Mertens President |
0 / 150 2007 election |
Participated |
| Brazil |
Brazilian Communist Party | Ivan Pinheiro General Secretary |
0 / 513 2006 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of Brazil | José Renato Rabelo President |
13 / 513 2006 election |
Participated | |
| Bulgaria |
Communist Party of Bulgaria | Aleksandar Paunov General Secretary |
1 / 240 2005 election |
Participated |
| Canada |
Communist Party of Canada | Miguel Figueroa General Secretary |
0 / 308 2004 election |
Participated |
| Chile |
Communist Party of Chile | Lautaro Carmona Soto General Secretary |
0 / 120 2005 election |
Participated |
| China |
Communist Party of China | Hu Jintao First Secretary |
2,099 / 2,987 2007–2008 election |
Participated |
 Colombia |
Colombian Communist Party | Jaime Caycedo Turriago Chairman |
0 / 162 2006 election |
Participated |
| Cuba |
Communist Party of Cuba | Fidel Castro First Secretary |
614 / 614 2008 election |
Participated |
| Cyprus |
Progressive Party of Working People | Demetris Christofias General Secretary |
18 / 56 2006 election |
Participated |
| Czech Republic |
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | Vojtěch Filip Chairman |
26 / 200 2006 election |
Participated |
| Denmark |
Communist Party in Denmark | Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson Chairman |
0 / 175 2007 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of Denmark | Henrik Stamer Hedin Chairman |
4 / 175 2007 election |
Participated | |
 Ecuador |
Communist Party of Ecuador | Winston Alarcón Elizalde General Secretary |
0 / 137 2006 election |
Participated |
| Finland |
Communist Party of Finland | Yrjö Hakanen Chairman |
0 / 200 2007 election |
Participated |
| France |
French Communist Party | Marie-George Buffet National Secretary |
7 / 577 2007 election |
Participated |
| Georgia |
Unified Communist Party of Georgia | Panteleimon Giorgadze National Secretary |
Did not participate | Participated |
| Germany |
German Communist Party | Bettina Jürgensen Chairman |
0 / 620 2005 election |
Participated |
| Great Britain |
Communist Party of Britain | Robert Griffiths General Secretary |
0 / 646 2005 election |
Participated |
| Greece |
Communist Party of Greece | Aleka Papariga General Secretary |
22 / 300 2007 election |
Participated |
| Hungary |
Hungarian Communist Workers' Party | Gyula Thürmer Chairman |
0 / 386 2006 election |
Participated |
| India |
Communist Party of India | Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan General Secretary |
10 / 545 2004 election |
Participated |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Prakash Karat General Secretary |
43 / 545 2004 election |
Participated | |
| Iran |
Tudeh Party of Iran | Mohammad Omidvar General Secretary |
Illegal | Participated |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Communist Party | Hamid Majid Mousa General Secretary |
0 / 275 December 2005 election |
Participated |
| Ireland |
Communist Party of Ireland | Eugene McCartan General Secretary |
0 / 166 2007 election |
Participated |
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Mick Finnegan President |
0 / 166 2007 election |
Participated | |
| Italy |
Communist Refoundation Party | Paolo Ferrero General Secretary |
0 / 630 2008 election |
Participated |
| Party of Italian Communists | Oliviero Diliberto General Secretary |
0 / 630 2008 election |
Participated | |
| Korea, North |
Workers' Party of Korea | Kim Jong-il General Secretary |
606 / 687 2003 election |
Participated |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan | Iskhak Masaliyev General Secretary |
1 / 75 2005 election |
Participated |
| Laos |
Lao People's Revolutionary Party | Choummaly Sayasone General Secretary |
113 / 115 2006 election |
Participated |
| Latvia |
Socialist Party of Latvia | Alfrēds Rubiks Chairman |
4 / 100 2006 election |
Participated |
| Lebanon |
Lebanese Communist Party | Khaled Hadadi General Secretary |
0 / 128 2006 election |
Participated |
| Luxembourg |
Communist Party of Luxembourg | Ali Ruckert General Secretary |
0 / 60 2004 election |
Participated |
| Mexico |
Party of Mexican Communists | Pável Blanco Cabrera General Secretary |
0 / 500 2006 election |
Participated |
| Nepal |
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jhala Nath Khanal Chairman |
109 / 601 2008 election |
Participated |
| Netherlands |
New Communist Party of the Netherlands | Job Pruijser Chairman |
0 / 150 2006 election |
Participated |
| Norway |
Communist Party of Norway | Zafer Gözet Chairman |
0 / 169 2005 election |
Participated |
| Palestine |
Palestinian People's Party | Bassam as-Salhi General Secretary |
0 / 272 2006 election |
Participated |
| Palestinian Communist Party | Did not participate | Participated | ||
 Panama |
People's Party of Panama | Rubén Dario Sousa Batista General Secretary |
Not recognized | Participated |
| Paraguay |
Communist Party of Paraguay | Najeeb Amado General Secretary |
Did not participate | Participated |
| Peru |
Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland | Alberto Moreno General Secretary |
Did not participate | Participated |
| Peruvian Communist Party | Roberto De La Cruz Huaman General Secretary |
0 / 130 2006 election |
Participated | |
| Portugal |
Portuguese Communist Party | Jerónimo de Sousa General Secretary |
14 / 230 2005 election |
Participated |
| Russia |
Communist Party of the Russian Federation | Gennady Zyuganov Chairman |
52 / 450 2007 election |
Participated |
| Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists | Viktor Tyulkin Chairman |
0 / 450 2007 election |
Participated | |
| Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union | Gennady Zyuganov Chairman |
Did not participate | Participated | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Serbia |
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia | Branko Kitanović Executive Secretary |
0 / 250 2008 election |
Participated |
| South Africa |
South African Communist Party | Blade Nzimande General Secretary |
0 / 400 2004 election |
Participated |
| Spain |
Communist Party of the People of Spain | Carmelo Suárez General Secretary |
0 / 350 2004 election |
Participated |
| Sri Lanka |
Communist Party of Sri Lanka | D. E. W. Gunasekera General Secretary |
1 / 225 2004 election |
Participated |
| Syria |
Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) | Ammar Bagdache General Secretary |
5 / 250 2007 election |
Participated |
| Syrian Communist Party (Unified) | Hanin Nimir General Secretary |
3 / 250 2007 election |
Participated | |
| Sweden |
Communist Party of Sweden | Victor Diaz de Filippi Chairman |
0 / 349 2006 election |
Participated |
| Turkey |
Communist Party of Turkey | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 550 2007 election |
Participated |
| Ukraine |
Union of Communists of Ukraine | Collective leadership Central Committee |
0 / 450 2007 election |
Participated |
| Uruguay |
Communist Party of Uruguay | Eduardo Lorier General Secretary |
50 / 99 2004 election |
Participated |
| United States |
Communist Party USA | Sam Webb Chairman |
0 / 435 2008 election |
Participated |
| Venezuela |
Communist Party of Venezuela | Oscar Figuera General Secretary |
7 / 167 2005 election |
Participated |
| Vietnam |
Communist Party of Vietnam | Nông Đức Mạnh General Secretary |
458 / 500 2007 election |
Participated |
9th International Meeting, 2007
The 9th meeting was held in Minsk, Belarus, from 3 to 5 November 2007 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). It was attended by 154 representatives of 72 communist and workers' parties, representing 59 countries.[8]
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Participation
The following table is a list of participants in each meeting.
Key:
- x = participated
- o = observer
- m = sent message
| Country | Party | 17th | 16th | 15th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 11th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | — |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | ||
| Albania | Communist Party of Albania | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x |
| Algeria | Party for Democracy and Socialism | x | – | x | x | x | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Argentina | Communist Party of Argentina | – | x | x | – | m | x | x | x | – | x | x | m | m | m | x | – | m | m |
| Armenia | Armenian Communist Party | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | m | m |
| Australia | Communist Party of Australia | – | x | x | m | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
 Austria | Communist Party of Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | m | x | x | – | x | m | m |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Communist Party | x | – | x | x | x | x | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | x |
| Bahrain | Democratic Trend | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Bahrain | National Liberation Front | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | – | – | m | x |
| Bahrain | Democratic Progressive Tribune | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bangladesh | Communist Party of Bangladesh | – | – | – | x | x | – | x | – | – | – | m | x | m | x | – | – | – | – |
| Bangladesh | Workers Party of Bangladesh | x | – | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m |
| Belarus | Communist Party of Belarus | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | – | x | – | m | x | x | x | x | x |
| Belgium | Communist Party of Wallonia | – | – | – | – | m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | – | x | m | – |
| Belgium | Workers' Party of Belgium | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Bolivia | Communist Party of Bolivia | – | x | – | – | m | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Workers Communist Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | m | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brazil | Brazilian Communist Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | – | – | m | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brazil | Communist Party of Brazil | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | m | m |
| Bulgaria | Communist Party "Georgi Dimitrov" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – |
| Bulgaria | Communist Party of Bulgaria | x | – | x | – | x | x | – | x | x | – | x | x | m | x | x | x | x | x |
| Bulgaria | Initiative Committee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x |
| Bulgaria | Socialist Party - Marxist Platform | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | x |
| Canada | Communist Party of Canada | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Chile | Communist Party of Chile | – | – | x | m | – | – | – | x | x | x | m | m | m | m | – | – | x | m |
| China | Communist Party of China | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | o | o | – | m | o | – | – | – | x |
| Colombia | Colombian Communist Party | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | – | m | x | x | x | x | m | – |
| Colombia | FARC-EP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | – | m | x | x | x | – | – |
 Costa Rica | People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica) | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Croatia | Socialist Labour Party of Croatia | – | – | – | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cuba | Communist Party of Cuba | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Cyprus | Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Czech Republic | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Denmark | Communist Party in Denmark | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Denmark | Communist Party of Denmark | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | – | – |
| Ecuador | Communist Party of Ecuador | – | x | x | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | m | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Egypt | Egyptian Communist Party | – | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x |
 Estonia | Communist Party of Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Finland | Communist Party of Finland | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | m | x | x | m | x | x | m |
| France | French Communist Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | o | – | – | x | m | – | – | m | x |
| Georgia | Unified Communist Party of Georgia | x | – | x | – | x | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | x | x |
| Germany | German Communist Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | m | x | – | x | x | x |
| Great Britain | Communist Party of Britain | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | m | m | x | x | x |
| Great Britain | New Communist Party of Britain | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | – | x |
| Greece | Communist Party of Greece | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Guyana | People's Progressive Party | – | – | x | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hungary | Hungarian Workers' Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| India | Communist Party of India | x | x | x | m | x | x | x | x | x | x | m | x | x | m | x | x | m | x |
| India | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | m | x | m | x | – | m | x |
| Iran | Tudeh Party of Iran | x | – | x | m | m | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – |
| Iraq | Iraqi Communist Party | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Iraq | Kurdistan Communist Party-Iraq | x | – | – | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | m | – | – | x | x | x | – | – |
| Ireland | Communist Party of Ireland | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | Workers' Party of Ireland | x | – | x | x | x | x | – | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | – |
 Israel | Communist Party of Israel | x | – | x | – | – | x | x | – | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Italia | Communist Refoundation Party | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Italia | Party of Italian Communists | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | m | x | x | x | – |
 Japan | Japanese Communist Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x |
| Jordan | Jordanian Communist Party | – | x | – | x | x | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | m | – | x | x | x | x |
 Kazakhstan | Communist Party of Kazakhstan | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| North Korea | Workers Party of Korea | – | x | x | – | x | – | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Kyrgyzstan | Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laos | Lao People's Revolutionary Party | x | x | x | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | m | m | m | – | m | – | – | – |
| Latvia | Socialist Party of Latvia | – | – | x | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – |
| Lebanon | Lebanese Communist Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | m |
| Lithuania | Socialist Party of Lithuania | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | m | – | – | – | – | – |
| Luxembourg | Communist Party of Luxembourg | – | – | x | m | m | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| Luxembourg | The Left | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | – | – | – |
| Macedonia | Communist Party of Macedonia | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | m | – | – | – |
| Macedonia | League of Communists of Macedonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – |
 Madagascar | Congress Party for the Independence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malta | Communist Party of Malta | – | – | x | m | m | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mexico | Communist Party of Mexico | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | – | – |
| Mexico | Socialist People's Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | – | – | – | m | – | – | – | – |
| Mexico | Socialist People's Party of Mexico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | m | x | x | m | – | – | x |
 Moldavia | Party of Communists | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | m | x | m | x | m | x | m | m |
| Nepal | Communist Party of Nepal | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | m | m | m | m | x | – | – |
| Netherlands | New Communist Party of the Netherlands | x | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Norway | Communist Party of Norway | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Communist Party | – | – | x | m | m | – | x | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Palestine | Palestinian Communist Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | x | x | m | m | – | x | x | x |
| Palestine | Palestinian People's Party | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | – | x | m | x | – | – | – | – |
| Panama | People's Party of Panama | – | x | x | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Paraguay | Paraguayan Communist Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peru | Communist Party (Patria Roja) | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Peru | Peruvian Communist Party | – | x | x | – | – | x | x | x | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Philippines | Communist Party of the Philippines-1930 | m | – | m | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | m | m | – | x | – | – |
| Philippines | Communist Party of the Philippines | – | – | – | m | m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – |
| Poland | Communist Party of Poland | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | m | x | – | – | – | – |
| Portugal | Portuguese Communist Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | m | x | x | x | x |
| Romania | Romanian Communist Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x |
| Romania | Socialist Alliance Party | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | m | m | – | – | – | – |
| Romania | Romanian Workers Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | x | – | – | – | – |
| Russia | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Russia | Russian Communist Workers' Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Russia | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | x | – | x | x | x | x | – | – | x | – | x | x | – | x | – | – | – | – |
| Serbia | New Communist Party of Yugoslavia | m | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – |
| Serbia | Communist Party | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Slovakia | Communist Party of Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | m |
| South Africa | South African Communist Party | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | m | m | – | – | m | x | – | – |
 former Soviet Union | Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union | – | – | x | – | – | – | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Spain | Communist Party of Spain | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Spain | Party of the Communists of Catalonia | – | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | x | m | – | – | – | – | x | – | – |
| Spain | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x |
| Spain | United Left | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | x | – | x | x | x | x | x |
| Sri Lanka | Communist Party of Sri Lanka | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | – | – | – | – | m | m | – | – | m |
| Sudan | Sudanese Communist Party | x | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Sweden | Communist Party of Sweden | x | – | x | x | – | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | – | m | x | m | x | – |
| Syria | Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) | – | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Syria | Syrian Communist Party (Unified) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Tajikistan | Communist Party of Tajikistan | m | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | m | – | m | – | – | x |
| Turkey | Communist Party of Turkey | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | – |
| Turkey | Communist Party | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Turkey | Party of Labour | – | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | o | o | – | o | x | m | x | – | x | x |
| Turkey | Freedom and Solidarity Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | m | – | – | x |
| Ukraine | Communist Party of Ukraine | x | – | – | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | m | x | x | x | x | x | m |
| Ukraine | Union of Communists of Ukraine | x | – | – | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Uruguay | Communist Party of Uruguay | – | – | – | – | m | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | m | – | – | – | – | m |
| USA | Communist Party USA | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Venezuela | Communist Party of Venezuela | m | – | – | – | x | – | – | x | x | – | x | m | – | x | – | – | – | – |
| Vietnam | Communist Party of Vietnam | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
See also
- List of communist parties
- List of communist parties represented in European Parliament
- International Communist Seminar
References
- 1 2 "Avante!: O socialismo é o futuro! (translation: Forward!: Socialism is the future!)".
- ↑ "International Communist Review". Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ↑ "18th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties". Vietnamplus. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ↑ "17th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties". SolidNet. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ↑ Joint Press Statement
- ↑ 11 IMCWP, Press Communique
- ↑ 10 IMCWP, Press Release by CP of Brazil
- ↑ Press Release
External links
- Solidarity Network of Communist and Workers' Parties
- Information Bulletin ((En))
- International Communist Review ((En)) ((en)) ((ru)) ((es)) ((el))
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