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

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

during that country's

war of independence Wars of national liberation, also called wars of independence or wars of liberation, are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against foreign powers (or at least those perceived as foreign) ...

. 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 Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist organization that fought for the Eritrean War of Independence, independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. It emerged in 1 ...

, it was chaired by future Eritrean president

Isaias Afewerki Isaias Afwerki (, ; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and leader who has been the president of Eritrea since 1993 and the chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) since 1994. Isaias joined the pro-independen ...

. 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