Communist Party Of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist) (1974)
The Portuguese Communist Party (, , PCP) is a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Portugal. It is one of the strongest communist parties in Western Europe and the oldest Portuguese political party with uninterrupted existence. It is characterized as being between the left-wing and far-left on the political spectrum. Since 1987, it runs to any national, local and European elections in coalition with the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV), assembled in the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU). After the death of its secretary-general, Bento Gonçalves, in the Tarrafal concentration camp, the Party went through a period, from 1942 to 1961, without a secretary-general. In 1961, the historic leader Álvaro Cunhal was elected. In 1992, he was succeeded by Carlos Carvalhas, and in 2004 Jerónimo de Sousa was chosen by the Central Committee to be PCP's Secretary General; Paulo Raimundo was elected in 2022, and currently acts as the party leader. The PCP was founded in ...
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Paulo Raimundo
Paulo Alexandre Cantigas Raimundo (born 24 September 1976) is a Portuguese politician who serves as the General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party The Portuguese Communist Party (, , PCP) is a Communism, communist and Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist List of political parties in Portugal, political party in Portugal. It is one of the strongest List of communist parties, communist par ... since the party's National Conference in November 2022. References Portuguese Communist Party politicians 1976 births Living people People from Cascais Members of the 16th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 17th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) {{Portugal-politician-stub ...
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