The Eritrean People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) was a clandestine Marxist-Leninist political party in

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

during that country's

war of independence This is a list of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence. List See also * Lists of active separatist movements * List of civil wars * List of o ...

. Founded in 1971 and associated with the

Eritrean People's Liberation Front The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), colloquially known as Shabia, was an armed Marxist–Leninist organization that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. It emerged in 1970 as a far-left to left-wing nationalist group ...

, it was chaired by future Eritrean president

Isaias Afewerki Isaias Afwerki ( ti, ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, ; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and partisan who has been the president of Eritrea since shortly after he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory in ...

. The EPRP was dissolved in 1989.

References

* Gebru Tareke. ''The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. pp. 67-68. {{Eritrea-stub Political parties established in 1971 Political parties disestablished in 1989 Political parties in Eritrea Communist parties in Africa