Ruling Parties in Communist States
In the following countries, the Communist parties either lead the ruling coalition or hold monopoly on state power.
- China – Communist Party of China – leads the United Front, current leader is Xi Jinping .
- Cuba – Communist Party of Cuba, current leader is Raúl Castro .
- Laos – Lao People's Revolutionary Party – leads the Lao Front for National Construction, current leader is Choummaly Sayasone .
- Vietnam – Communist Party of Vietnam – leads the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, current leader is Nguyễn Phú Trọng .
The Worker's Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea, has historically been communist and is still sometimes considered communist today, but officially it has replaced communism with Juche.
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