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.
Read more about this topic: List Of Communist Parties
Famous quotes containing the words ruling, parties, communist and/or states:
“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
“I am a communist because I believe that the Communist idea is a state form of Christianity.”
—Alexander Zhuravlyov (b. 1924)
“Today’s difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)