International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties


The International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties is an annual conference attended by communist and workers' parties from several nations. It originated in 1998 when the Communist Party of Greece invited communist and workers' parties to participate in an annual conference where parties could gather to share their experiences and issue a joint declaration. The most recent and 21st meeting of the IMCWP was held in October 2019 in Turkey and hosted by the Communist Party of Turkey. The 21st meeting was attended by delegates from 74 parties representing 58 countries.

Organization

The Working Group of International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties is composed of Communist Parties throughout the world. The task of the working group is to prepare and organize the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties.
The meetings are held annually, with participants from all around the globe. Additionally there are occasionally extraordinary meetings such as the meeting in Damascus in September 2009 on "Solidarity with the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people and the other people in Middle East". In December 2009, the communist and workers' parties agreed to the creation of the International Communist Review, which is published annually in English and Spanish and has a website.

Participation

The following table is a list of participants in each meeting.
Key:
CountryParty2019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001
Communist Party of Albania---
Party for Democracy and Socialism-
Communist Party of Argentina-mmmm
Armenian Communist Party--
Communist Party of Australia-m
Communist Party of Austria--m
Azerbaijan Communist Party-
National Democratic Trend----
National Liberation Front----m
Democratic Progressive Tribune-
Workers Party of Bangladesh-
Communist Party of Belarus--m
Communist Party of Belgium-mm
Workers' Party of Belgium---
Communist Party of Bolivia---m
Workers Communist Party----m
Brazilian Communist Party-m
Communist Party of Brazil-
Communist Party "Georgi Dimitrov"---
Communist Party of Bulgaria--m
Initiative Committee---
Socialist Party – Marxist Platform----
Communist Party of Canada-
Communist Party of Chile---mmmmm
Communist Party of China-oomo
Colombian Communist Party---m
FARC-EP---mm
People's Vanguard Party----
Socialist Labour Party of Croatia-
Communist Party of Cuba-
Progressive Party of Working People-
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia-
Communist Party in Denmark-
Communist Party of Denmark-
Communist Party of Ecuador--m
Egyptian Communist Party---
Communist Party of El Salvador
Communist Party of Estonia
Communist Party of Finland-mm
French Communist Party-om
Unified Communist Party of Georgia-
German Communist Party-m
Communist Party of Greece-
People's Progressive Party----
Hungarian Workers' Party-
Communist Party of India-mmm
Communist Party of India -mm
Tudeh Party of Iran-mm
Iraqi Communist Party-
Kurdistan Communist Party–Iraq-m
Communist Party of Ireland--
Workers' Party of Ireland-
Communist Party of Israel-
Communist Party------------
Italian Communist Party---------------
Party of Italian Communists----m
Communist Refoundation Party----
Japanese Communist Party----
Jordanian Communist Party-m
Communist Party of Kazakhstan--
Workers Party of Korea-
Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan--
Lao People's Revolutionary Party-mmmm
Socialist Party of Latvia-
Lebanese Communist Party-
Socialist Party of Lithuania-m
Communist Party of Luxembourg--mm
The Left----m
Communist Party of Macedonia-m
League of Communists of Macedonia----
Congress Party for the Independence--
Communist Party of Malta---mm
Communist Party of Mexico-
Socialist People's Party---m
Socialist People's Party of Mexico---mmm
Party of Communists---mmm
Communist Party of Nepal-mmmm
New Communist Party of the Netherlands--
Communist Party of Norway-
Pakistan Communist Party--mm
Palestinian Communist Party-mm
Palestinian People's Party--m
People's Party of Panama---
Paraguayan Communist Party-
Communist Party ---
Peruvian Communist Party---
Communist Party of the Philippines-1930---mmmm
Communist Party of the Philippines---mm
Communist Party of Poland--m
Portuguese Communist Partym
Romanian Communist Party----
Socialist Alliance Party----mm
Romanian Workers Party----m
Communist Party of the Russian Federation-
Russian Communist Workers' Party--
Communist Party of the Soviet Union-
New Communist Party of Yugoslaviam
Communists of Serbia-
Communist Party of Slovakia--
South African Communist Party-mmm
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union--
Communist Party of Spain-
Party of the Communists of Catalonia-m
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain-
United Left--
Communist Party of Sri Lanka-mm
Sudanese Communist Party--
Communist Party of Sweden--m
Syrian Communist Party --
Syrian Communist Party --
Communist Party of Tajikistan---mmm
Communist Party of Turkey--
Communist Party---
Party of Labour----ooom
Freedom and Solidarity Party----m
Communist Party of Ukraine-m
Union of Communists of Ukraine-
Communist Party of Britain-mm
New Communist Party of Britain--
Communist Party of Uruguay--mm
Communist Party USA-
Communist Party of Venezuela--mm
Communist Party of Vietnam-

Representatives

21st International meeting, 2019

The 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties, with the theme "100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist International. The fight for peace and socialism continues," took place in Izmir, Turkey from 18 to 20 October 2019, and was hosted by the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece.

20th International meeting, 2018

The 20th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties, with the theme "The contemporary working class and its alliance. The tasks of its political vanguard – the Communist and Worker’s Parties – in the struggle against exploitation and imperialist wars, for the rights of the workers and of the peoples, for peace, for socialism", took place in Athens, Greece from 23 to 25 November 2018.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
AlbaniaCommunist Party of AlbaniaQemal Cicollari
General Secretary
2017 electionParticipated
AlgeriaAlgerian Party for Democracy and SocialismCollective leadership
Central Committee
2017 electionParticipated
ArgentinaCommunist Party of ArgentinaVictor Gorodeki Kot
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
AustraliaCommunist Party of AustraliaBob Briton
General Secretary
2019 electionParticipated
AustriaParty of Labour of AustriaOtto Bruckner
Leader
2017 electionParticipated
AzerbaijanCommunist Party of AzerbaijanRauf Gurbanov
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
BahrainProgressive Democratic TribuneHassan Madan
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
BangladeshCommunist Party of BangladeshMujahidul Islam Selim
President
2018 electionParticipated
BelarusCommunist Party of BelarusIgor Karpenko
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
BelgiumCommunist Party of BelgiumArne Baillière
Leader
2014 electionParticipated
BoliviaCommunist Party of BoliviaIgnacio Mendoza Pizarro
First secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilLuciana de Oliveira Santos
President
2018 electionParticipated
BulgariaCommunist Party of BulgariaAlexander Paunov
General Secretary
2017 electionParticipated
BulgariaParty of the Bulgarian CommunistsCollective leadership2017 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaXi Jinping
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
CroatiaSocialist Workers' Party of CroatiaVlado Bušić
President
2015 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaRaúl Castro
First Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleAndros Kyprianou
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2017 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2015 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2015 electionParticipated
Dominican RepublicForce of the RevolutionJuan Gomez
General secretary
2016 electionParticipated
EcuadorCommunist Party of EcuadorWinston Alarcón Elizalde
Leader
2017 electionParticipated
EstoniaCommunist Party of EstoniaUndergroundIllegalParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandJuha-Pekka Väisänen
Chairman
2019 electionParticipated
FranceCommunist Party of FranceFabien Roussel
National Secretary
2017 electionParticipated
GeorgiaUnified Communist Party of GeorgiaNugzar Shalvovich Avaliani
Leader
2016 electionParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyPatrik Köbele
Chairman
2017 electionParticipated
Great BritainCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
Great BritainNew Communist Party of BritainAndy Brooks
Secretary-General
2015 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceDimitris Koutsoumpas
General Secretary
September 2015 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2018 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaD. Raja
General Secretary
2019 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of India Sitaram Yechury
General Secretary
2019 electionParticipated
IranTudeh Party of IranNavid Shomali
International Secretary
IllegalParticipated
IraqIraqi Communist PartyRaid Jahid Fahmi
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
IraqKurdistan Communist Party – IraqKawa Mahmud
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandMick Finnegan
President
2016 electionParticipated
IsraelCommunist Party of IsraelCollective leadership2019 electionParticipated
ItalyCommunist Party Marco Rizzo
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
ItalyItalian Communist PartyMauro Alboresi
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
JordanJordanian Communist PartyFaraj Al-Tameezi
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
KazakhstanSocialist Movement of KazakhstanAinur Kurmanov
Co-chairman
IllegalParticipated
Korea, NorthWorkers' Party of KoreaKim Jong-un
Chairman
2019 electionParticipated
KyrgyzstanParty of Communists of KyrgyzstanBumairam Mamaseitova
Chairman
2015 electionParticipated
LaosLao People's Revolutionary PartyBounnhang Vorachith
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
LatviaSocialist Party of LatviaVladimirs Frolovs
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyHanna Gharib
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
LithuaniaSocialist Party of LithuaniaCollective leadership
Central Committee
2016 electionParticipated
LuxembourgCommunist Party of LuxembourgAli Ruckert
Chairman
2018 electionParticipated
MadagascarCongress Party for the Independence of MadagascarSolofo Razanatoandro
General Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
MaltaCommunist Party of MaltaVictor Degiovanni
General Secretary
2017 electionParticipated
MexicoCommunist Party of MexicoPável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
NepalNepal Communist PartyKP Sharma Oli
Chairman
2017 electionParticipated
NetherlandsNew Communist Party of the NetherlandsJob Pruijser
Chairman
2017 electionParticipated
North MacedoniaCommunist Party of MacedoniaPero Odzaklieski
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwayRuna Evensen
Chairman
2017 electionParticipated
PakistanCommunist Party of PakistanJameel Ahmad Malik
Chairman
Did not participateParticipated
PalestinePalestinian People's PartyBassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian Communist PartyMahmoud Saadeh
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
ParaguayParaguayan Communist PartyNajeeb Amado
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
PolandCommunist Party of PolandKrzysztof Szwej
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
RomaniaRomanian Socialist PartyConstantin Rotaru
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2016 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2016 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Soviet UnionSergey Alexandrov
First Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
SerbiaCommunists of SerbiaSvetozar Markanović
President
2016 electionParticipated
SerbiaNew Communist Party of YugoslaviaAleksandar Banjanac
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
South AfricaSouth African Communist PartyBlade Nzimande
General Secretary
2019 election Participated
SpainCommunist Party of SpainJosé Luis Centella
General Secretary
2019 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2019 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Workers of SpainÁstor García
General Secretary
2019 electionParticipated
Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaD. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
EswatiniCommunist Party of SwazilandThokozane Kenneth
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
SwedenCommunist Party of SwedenAndreas Sörensen
Chairman
2018 electionParticipated
SudanSudanese Communist PartyMuhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
TajikistanCommunist Party of TajikistanMiroj Abdulloyev
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
TurkeyCommunist PartyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2018 electionParticipated
TurkeyLabour PartySelma Gürkan
General Secretary
2018 electionParticipated
United StatesCommunist Party of the United StatesJohn Bachtell
Chairman
2018 electionParticipated
UkraineCommunist Party of UkrainePetro Symonenko
General Secretary
IllegalParticipated
VenezuelaCommunist Party of VenezuelaOscar Figuera
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNguyễn Phú Trọng
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated

19th International Meeting, 2017

The 19th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties, with the theme "The 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution:the ideals of the Communist Movement, revitalizing the struggle against imperialistic wars, for peace, socialism", took place in St Petersburg, Russia from 2 to 3 November 2017 and in Moscow, Russia from 5 to 7 November 2017.

18th International Meeting, 2016

The 18th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place in Hanoi, Vietnam from 28 to 30 October 2016.

17th International Meeting, 2015

The 17th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place in Istanbul, Turkey from 30 October to 1 November 2015.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
AlgeriaAlgerian Party for Democracy and SocialismCollective leadership
Central Committee
2012 electionParticipated
AzerbaijanCommunist Party of AzerbaijanRauf Gurbanov
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
BangladeshWorkers Party of BangladeshSyed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumPeter Mertens
President
2014 electionParticipated
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilJosé Renato Rabelo
President
2014 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaXi Jinping
General Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
CroatiaSocialist Workers' Party of CroatiaIvan Plješa
President
2015 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaRaúl Castro
First Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleAndros Kyprianou
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2017 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandJuha-Pekka Väisänen
Chairman
2015 electionParticipated
GeorgiaUnified Communist Party of Georgia2012 electionParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyBettina Jürgensen
General Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
BulgariaCommunist Party of BulgariaAleksandar Paunov
Leader
2014 electionParticipated
Great BritainCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceDimitris Koutsoumpas
General Secretary
September 2015 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2014 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaSuravaram Sudhakar Reddy
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of India Sitaram Yechury
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
IranTudeh Party of IranAli Khavari
General Secretary
IllegalParticipated
IraqIraqi Communist PartyHamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
IraqKurdistan Communist Party – IraqKamal Shakir
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandMick Finnegan
President
2016 electionParticipated
IsraelCommunist Party of IsraelCollective leadership2015 electionParticipated
KazakhstanCommunist Party of KazakhstanGaziz Aldamzharov
Leader
IllegalParticipated
LaosLao People's Revolutionary PartyChoummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyKhaled Hadadi
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
LithuaniaSocialist People's FrontEdikas Jagelavičius
Leader
2012 electionParticipated
MacedoniaCommunist Party of Macedonia2013 electionParticipated
MexicoCommunist Party of MexicoPável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
NetherlandsNew Communist Party of the NetherlandsJob Pruijser
Chairman
2012 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwayJørgen Hovde
Chairman
2013 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian People's PartyBassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian Communist PartyDid not participateParticipated
PhilippinesPartido Komunista ng PilipinasPedro P. Baguisa
Chairman
Sent message
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2015 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2016 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Soviet UnionSergey Alexandrov
First Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
SerbiaCommunists of SerbiaSvetozar Markanović
President
2016 electionSent message
South AfricaSouth African Communist PartyBlade Nzimande
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of SpainJosé Luis Centella
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2016 electionParticipated
SudanSudanese Communist PartyMuhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
SwedenCommunist Party of SwedenVictor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
2014 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
TajikistanCommunist Party of TajikistanShodi Shabdolov
General Secretary
2010 electionSent message
TurkeyCommunist PartyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2011 electionParticipated
UkraineCommunist Party of UkrainePetro Symonenko
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
UkraineUnion of Communists of UkraineCollective leadership
Central Committee
2014 electionParticipated
VenezuelaCommunist Party of VenezuelaOscar Figuera
General Secretary
2010 electionSent message
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNguyễn Phú Trọng
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated

16th International Meeting, 2014

The 16th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place from 13 to 15 November 2014 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was attended by 85 delegates representing 53 parties from 44 countries.

15th International Meeting, 2013

The 15th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place from 8 to 10 November 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal.

14th International Meeting, 2012

The 14th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties took place from 22 to 25 November 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
AlgeriaAlgerian Party for Democracy and SocialismCollective leadership
Central Committee
2012 electionParticipated
AustraliaCommunist Party of AustraliaBob Briton
General Secretary
2010 electionSent message
AzerbaijanCommunist Party of AzerbaijanRauf Gurbanov
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
BahrainProgressive Democratic TribuneHassan Madan
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BangladeshCommunist Party of BangladeshMujahidul Islam Selim
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BangladeshWorkers Party of BangladeshSyed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BelarusCommunist Party of BelarusIgor Karpenko
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumPeter Mertens
President
2014 electionParticipated
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilJosé Renato Rabelo
President
2014 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
ChileCommunist Party of ChileGuillermo Teillier
President
2013 electionSent message
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaXi Jinping
General Secretary
2007–2008 electionParticipated
CroatiaSocialist Labour Party of CroatiaIvan Plješa
President
2011 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaRaúl Castro
First Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleAndros Kyprianou
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2013 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
EgyptEgyptian Communist PartyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2011–2012 electionParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandYrjö Hakanen
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
FranceFrench Communist PartyPierre Laurent
National Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyBettina Jürgensen
General Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
Great BritainCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceDimitris Koutsoumpas
General Secretary
June 2012 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2014 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaSuravaram Sudhakar Reddy
General Secretary
2014 electionSent message
IndiaCommunist Party of India Prakash Karat
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
IranTudeh Party of IranAli Khavari
General Secretary
IllegalSent message
IraqIraqi Communist PartyHamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
IraqKurdistan Communist Party – IraqKamal Shakir
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandMick Finnegan
President
2011 electionParticipated
ItalyCommunist Refoundation PartyPaolo Ferrero
General Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
ItalyParty of Italian CommunistsOliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
JordanJordanian Communist PartyMunir Hamarneh
General Secretary
2013 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyKhaled Hadadi
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
LuxembourgCommunist Party of LuxembourgAli Ruckert
General Secretary
2013 electionSent message
MaltaCommunist Party of MaltaVictor Degiovanni
General Secretary
2013 electionSent message
MexicoCommunist Party of MexicoPável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
NepalCommunist Party of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
2013 electionParticipated
NetherlandsNew Communist Party of the NetherlandsJob Pruijser
Chairman
2012 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwayJørgen Hovde
Chairman
2013 electionParticipated
PakistanCommunist Party of PakistanImdad Qazi
General Secretary
2013 electionSent message
PalestinePalestinian People's PartyBassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian Communist PartyDid not participateParticipated
PhilippinesCommunist Party of the PhilippinesArmando Liwanag
Chairman
IllegalSent message
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Soviet UnionSergey Alexandrov
First Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
SerbiaNew Communist Party of YugoslaviaBatrić Mijović
Executive Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
South AfricaSouth African Communist PartyBlade Nzimande
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of SpainJosé Luis Centella
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
SpainParty of the Communists of CataloniaJoan Josep Nuet
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaD. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
SudanSudanese Communist PartyMuhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
SwedenCommunist Party of SwedenVictor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
2014 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated
TajikistanCommunist Party of TajikistanShodi Shabdolov
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
TurkeyCommunist Party of TurkeyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2011 electionParticipated
TurkeyLabour PartySelma Gürkan
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
UkraineCommunist Party of UkrainePetro Symonenko
General Secretary
2014 electionParticipated
UkraineUnion of Communists of UkraineCollective leadership
Central Committee
2014 electionHas not participated
United StatesCommunist Party USASam Webb
Chairman
2012 electionParticipated
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNguyễn Phú Trọng
General Secretary
2012 electionParticipated

13th International Meeting, 2011

The 13th meeting was held in Athens, Greece, from 9 to 11 December 2011 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Greece. Under the motto "Socialism is the future!", it was attended by 80 parties, while additional eight parties sent a message.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
AlbaniaCommunist Party of AlbaniaHysni Milloshi
First Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
AlgeriaAlgerian Party for Democracy and SocialismCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
ArgentinaCommunist Party of ArgentinaPatricio Echegaray
General Secretary
2011 electionSent message
ArmeniaArmenian Communist PartyRuben Tovmasyan
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
AustraliaCommunist Party of AustraliaHannah Middleton
General Secretary
2007Participated
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Communist Party Rauf Gurbanov
General Secretary
2010Participated
BangladeshCommunist Party of BangladeshMujahidul Islam Selim
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
BangladeshWorkers Party of BangladeshSyed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
Communist Party of BelarusIgor Karpenko
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
BelgiumCommunist PartyPierre Beauvois
President
2010 electionSent message
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumPeter Mertens
President
2010 electionParticipated
BoliviaCommunist Party of BoliviaIllegalSent message
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilJosé Renato Rabelo
President
2010 electionParticipated
BulgariaCommunist Party of BulgariaAleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
BulgariaParty of the Bulgarian CommunistsMincho Minchev Petrov
Secretary of Political Affairs
2009 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
CroatiaSocialist Labour Party of CroatiaIvan Plješa
President
2011 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaRaúl Castro
First Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleAndros Kyprianou
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
EgyptEgyptian Communist PartyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2010 electionParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandYrjö Hakanen
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
FranceFrench Communist PartyPierre Laurent
National Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
GeorgiaUnited Communist Party of GeorgiaNugzar Shalvovich Avaliani
National Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyBettina Jürgensen
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
Great BritainCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
Great BritainNew Communist Party of BritainAndy Brooks
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceAleka Papariga
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
GuyanaPeople's Progressive PartyDonald Ramotar
President
2011 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Communist Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaArdhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of India Prakash Karat
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
Korea, NorthWorkers' Party of KoreaKim Jong-il
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
IranTudeh Party of IranMohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
IllegalSent message
IraqIraqi Communist PartyHamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
2010 electionSent message
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandMick Finnegan
President
2011 electionParticipated
ItalyCommunist Refoundation PartyPaolo Ferrero
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
ItalyParty of Italian CommunistsOliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
JordanJordanian Communist PartyMunir Hamarneh
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
LaosLao People's Revolutionary PartyChoummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
LatviaSocialist Party of LatviaAlfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyKhaled Hadadi
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
LithuaniaSocialist People's FrontAlgirdas Paleckis
Chairman
2008 electionParticipated
LuxembourgCommunist Party of LuxembourgAli Ruckert
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
MacedoniaCommunist Party of MacedoniaDid not participateParticipated
MaltaCommunist Party of MaltaVictor Degiovanni
General Secretary
2008 electionSent message
MexicoCommunist Party of MexicoPável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
MexicoPopular Socialist Party of MexicoCuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo
General Secretary
Not recognizedSent message
NepalCommunist Party of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
2008 electionSent message
NetherlandsNew Communist Party of the NetherlandsJob Pruijser
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwaySvend Haakon Jacobsen
Chairman
2009 electionParticipated
PakistanCommunist Party of PakistanImdad Qazi
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian People's PartyBassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian Communist PartyDid not participateParticipated
ParaguayCommunist Party of ParaguayNajeeb Amado
General Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
PeruCommunist Party of Peru – Red FatherlandAlberto Moreno
General Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
PeruPeruvian Communist PartyRoberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
PhilippinesCommunist Party of the Philippines – 1930Antonio E. Paris
General Secretary
IllegalSent message
PolandCommunist Party of PolandKrzysztof Szwej
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
RomaniaRomanian Communist PartyNot recognizedParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of CommunistsViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2011 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Soviet UnionSergey Alexandrov
First Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
RussiaUnion of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet UnionGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participateParticipated
SerbiaNew Communist Party of YugoslaviaBranko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
SerbiaCommunists of SerbiaSvetozar Markanović
President
2008 electionParticipated
South AfricaSouth African Communist PartyBlade Nzimande
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of SpainJosé Luis Centella
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
SpainParty of the Communists of CataloniaCollective leadership
Central Committee
2011 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaD. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
SudanSudanese Communist PartyMuhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
SwedenCommunist Party of SwedenVictor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
TurkeyCommunist Party of TurkeyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2011 electionParticipated
TurkeyLabour PartySelma Gürkan
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated
UkraineCommunist Party of UkrainePetro Symonenko
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
UkraineUnion of Communists of UkraineCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
UruguayCommunist Party of UruguayEduardo Lorier
General Secretary
2009 electionSent message
United StatesCommunist Party USASam Webb
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
VenezuelaCommunist Party of VenezuelaOscar Figuera
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNguyễn Phú Trọng
General Secretary
2011 electionParticipated

12th International Meeting, 2010

The 13th meeting was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 3 to 5 December 2010 and was hosted by the South African Communist Party.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
ArgentinaCommunist Party of ArgentinaPatricio Echegaray
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
AustraliaCommunist Party of AustraliaHannah Middleton
General Secretary
2007Participated
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Communist Party Rauf Gurbanov
General Secretary
2010Participated
BangladeshWorkers Party of BangladeshSyed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
Communist Party of BelarusIgor Karpenko
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumPeter Mertens
President
2010 electionParticipated
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilJosé Renato Rabelo
President
2010 electionParticipated
BulgariaCommunist Party of BulgariaAleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaHu Jintao
First Secretary
2007–2008 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaFidel Castro
First Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleAndros Kyprianou
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandYrjö Hakanen
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
FranceFrench Communist PartyPierre Laurent
National Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyBettina Jürgensen
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
Great BritainCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceAleka Papariga
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Communist Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaArdhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of India Prakash Karat
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
IraqIraqi Communist PartyHamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandMick Finnegan
President
2007 electionParticipated
IsraelCommunist Party of IsraelCollective leadership
Central Committee
2009 electionParticipated
ItalyCommunist Refoundation PartyPaolo Ferrero
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
ItalyParty of Italian CommunistsOliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyKhaled Hadadi
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
LuxembourgCommunist Party of LuxembourgAli Ruckert
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
NepalCommunist Party of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
2008 electionParticipated
NetherlandsNew Communist Party of the NetherlandsJob Pruijser
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwaySvend Haakon Jacobsen
Chairman
2009 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian People's PartyBassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian Communist PartyDid not participateParticipated
PeruPeruvian Communist PartyRoberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of CommunistsViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Soviet UnionSergey Alexandrov
First Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
SerbiaNew Communist Party of YugoslaviaBranko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
South AfricaSouth African Communist PartyBlade Nzimande
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of SpainJosé Luis Centella
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaD. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2010 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
TurkeyCommunist Party of TurkeyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
UkraineCommunist Party of UkrainePetro Symonenko
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
UkraineUnion of Communists of UkraineCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
United StatesCommunist Party USASam Webb
Chairman
2010 electionParticipated
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated

11th International Meeting, 2009

The 11th meeting was held in New Delhi, India, from 20 to 22 November 2009 and was hosted by both the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India. It was attended by 89 participants representing 57 communist and workers' parties and 48 countries.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
ArgentinaCommunist Party of ArgentinaPatricio Echegaray
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
AustraliaCommunist Party of AustraliaHannah Middleton
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
BangladeshWorkers Party of BangladeshSyed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumPeter Mertens
President
2007 electionParticipated
BoliviaCommunist Party of BoliviaIllegalSent message
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilJosé Renato Rabelo
President
2006 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaHu Jintao
First Secretary
2007–2008 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaFidel Castro
First Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleAndros Kyprianou
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandYrjö Hakanen
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
FranceFrench Communist PartyMarie-George Buffet
National Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyBettina Jürgensen
Chairman
2009 electionParticipated
Great BritainCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceAleka Papariga
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Communist Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaArdhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of India Prakash Karat
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
IranTudeh Party of IranMohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
IllegalParticipated
IraqIraqi Communist PartyHamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
December 2005 electionParticipated
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandMick Finnegan
President
2007 electionParticipated
IsraelCommunist Party of IsraelCollective leadership
Central Committee
2009 electionParticipated
ItalyCommunist Refoundation PartyPaolo Ferrero
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
ItalyParty of Italian CommunistsOliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
Korea, NorthWorkers' Party of KoreaKim Jong-il
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
KyrgyzstanParty of Communists of KyrgyzstanIskhak Masaliyev
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
LaosLao People's Revolutionary PartyChoummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
LatviaSocialist Party of LatviaAlfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyKhaled Hadadi
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
LuxembourgCommunist Party of LuxembourgAli Ruckert
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
MexicoParty of Mexican CommunistsPável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
NepalCommunist Party of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
2008 electionParticipated
NetherlandsNew Communist Party of the NetherlandsJob Pruijser
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwayZafer Gözet
Chairman
2009 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian People's PartyBassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian Communist PartyDid not participateParticipated
PeruPeruvian Communist PartyRoberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of CommunistsViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaUnion of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet UnionGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participateParticipated
New Communist Party of YugoslaviaBranko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
South AfricaSouth African Communist PartyBlade Nzimande
General Secretary
2009 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of SpainJosé Luis Centella
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaD. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SwedenCommunist Party of SwedenVictor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
TurkeyCommunist Party of TurkeyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
United StatesCommunist Party USASam Webb
Chairman
2008 electionParticipated
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated

10th International Meeting, 2008

The 10th meeting was held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 21 to 23 November 2008 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Brazil. It was attended by delegations of 65 communist and workers' parties from 55 countries.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
AlgeriaAlgerian Party for Democracy and SocialismCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
ArgentinaCommunist Party of ArgentinaPatricio Echegaray
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
Communist Party of BelarusIgor Karpenko
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumPeter Mertens
President
2007 electionParticipated
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilJosé Renato Rabelo
President
2006 electionParticipated
BulgariaCommunist Party of BulgariaAleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
ChileCommunist Party of ChileLautaro Carmona Soto
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaHu Jintao
First Secretary
2007–2008 electionParticipated
ColombiaColombian Communist PartyJaime Caycedo Turriago
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaFidel Castro
First Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleDemetris Christofias
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
EcuadorCommunist Party of EcuadorWinston Alarcón Elizalde
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandYrjö Hakanen
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
FranceFrench Communist PartyMarie-George Buffet
National Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
GeorgiaUnified Communist Party of GeorgiaPanteleimon Giorgadze
National Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyBettina Jürgensen
Chairman
2005 electionParticipated
Great BritainCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceAleka Papariga
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Communist Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaArdhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of India Prakash Karat
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
IranTudeh Party of IranMohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
IllegalParticipated
IraqIraqi Communist PartyHamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
December 2005 electionParticipated
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandMick Finnegan
President
2007 electionParticipated
ItalyCommunist Refoundation PartyPaolo Ferrero
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
ItalyParty of Italian CommunistsOliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
Korea, NorthWorkers' Party of KoreaKim Jong-il
General Secretary
2003 electionParticipated
KyrgyzstanParty of Communists of KyrgyzstanIskhak Masaliyev
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
LaosLao People's Revolutionary PartyChoummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
LatviaSocialist Party of LatviaAlfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyKhaled Hadadi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
LuxembourgCommunist Party of LuxembourgAli Ruckert
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
MexicoParty of Mexican CommunistsPável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
NepalCommunist Party of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
2008 electionParticipated
NetherlandsNew Communist Party of the NetherlandsJob Pruijser
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwayZafer Gözet
Chairman
2005 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian People's PartyBassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PalestinePalestinian Communist PartyDid not participateParticipated
PanamaPeople's Party of PanamaRubén Dario Sousa Batista
General Secretary
Not recognizedParticipated
ParaguayCommunist Party of ParaguayNajeeb Amado
General Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
PeruCommunist Party of Peru – Red FatherlandAlberto Moreno
General Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
PeruPeruvian Communist PartyRoberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of CommunistsViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaUnion of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet UnionGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participateParticipated
New Communist Party of YugoslaviaBranko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
South AfricaSouth African Communist PartyBlade Nzimande
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the People of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaD. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SwedenCommunist Party of SwedenVictor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
TurkeyCommunist Party of TurkeyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
UkraineUnion of Communists of UkraineCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
UruguayCommunist Party of UruguayEduardo Lorier
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
United StatesCommunist Party USASam Webb
Chairman
2008 electionParticipated
VenezuelaCommunist Party of VenezuelaOscar Figuera
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated

9th International Meeting, 2007

The 9th meeting was held in Minsk, Belarus, from 3 to 5 November 2007 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Brazil. It was attended by 154 representatives of 72 communist and
workers' parties, representing 59 countries.
CountryPartyLeadersParliamentary
representation
Type
AlgeriaAlgerian Party for Democracy and SocialismCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
ArmeniaArmenian Communist PartyRuben Tovmasyan
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
AustraliaCommunist Party of AustraliaHannah Middleton
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Communist Party Rauf Gurbanov
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
BahrainNational Liberation Front – BahrainHasan Madau
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
Communist Party of BelarusIgor Karpenko
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumPeter Mertens
President
2007 electionParticipated
BrazilBrazilian Communist PartyIvan Pinheiro
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
BrazilCommunist Party of BrazilJosé Renato Rabelo
President
2006 electionParticipated
BulgariaCommunist Party of BulgariaAleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaMiguel Figueroa
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
ChileCommunist Party of ChileLautaro Carmona Soto
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaHu Jintao
First Secretary
2002–2003 electionParticipated
CubaCommunist Party of CubaFidel Castro
First Secretary
2008 electionParticipated
CyprusProgressive Party of Working PeopleDemetris Christofias
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaVojtěch Filip
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party in DenmarkBetty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
DenmarkCommunist Party of DenmarkHenrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
FinlandCommunist Party of FinlandYrjö Hakanen
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
GeorgiaUnited Communist Party of GeorgiaPanteleimon Giorgadze
General Secretary
Did not participateParticipated
GermanyGerman Communist PartyBettina Jürgensen
Chairman
2005 electionParticipated
United KingdomCommunist Party of BritainRobert Griffiths
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceAleka Papariga
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
HungaryHungarian Communist Workers' PartyGyula Thürmer
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaArdhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
IndiaCommunist Party of India Prakash Karat
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
IranTudeh Party of IranMohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
IllegalParticipated
Iraqi Communist PartyHamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
December 2005 electionParticipated
IrelandCommunist Party of IrelandEugene McCartan
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
IrelandWorkers' Party of IrelandSeán Garland
President
2007 electionParticipated
IsraelCommunist Party of IsraelCollective leadership
Central Committee
2006 electionParticipated
ItalyParty of Italian CommunistsOliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
JordanJordanian Communist PartyMunir Hamarneh
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
Korea, NorthWorkers' Party of KoreaKim Jong-il
General Secretary
2003 electionParticipated
KyrgyzstanParty of Communists of KyrgyzstanIskhak Masaliyev
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
LaosLao People's Revolutionary PartyChoummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
LatviaSocialist Party of LatviaAlfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
LebanonLebanese Communist PartyKhaled Hadadi
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
LithuaniaSocialist Party of LithuaniaGiedrius Petružis
Chairman
Did not participateParticipated
LuxembourgCommunist Party of LuxembourgAli Ruckert
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
MacedoniaCommunist Party of MacedoniaDid not participateParticipated
MexicoParty of Mexican CommunistsPável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
MexicoPopular Socialist PartyManuel Fernández Flores
President
Did not participateParticipated
MoldovaParty of Communists of the Republic of MoldovaVladimir Voronin
First Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
NepalCommunist Party of Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
1999 electionParticipated
NorwayCommunist Party of NorwayZafer Gözet
Chairman
2005 electionParticipated
PakistanCommunist Party of Pakistan2002 electionParticipated
PhilippinesCommunist Party of the Philippines – 1930Pedro Baguisa
General Secretary
IllegalParticipated
PolandCommunist Party of PolandJózef Łachut
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
PortugalPortuguese Communist PartyJerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian FederationGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaRussian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of CommunistsViktor Tyulkin
Chairman
2007 electionParticipated
RussiaUnion of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet UnionGennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participateParticipated
New Communist Party of YugoslaviaBranko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SlovakiaCommunist Party of SlovakiaJoseph Shevts
General Secretary
2006 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of SpainFrancisco Frutos
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
SpainUnited LeftGaspar Llamazares
General Coordinator
2004 electionParticipated
SpainCommunist Party of the Peoples of SpainCarmelo Suárez
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
Sri LankaCommunist Party of Sri LankaD. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
SudanSudanese Communist PartyMuhammad Ibrahim Nugud
General Secretary
IllegalParticipated
SwedenCommunist Party of SwedenVictor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
SyriaSyrian Communist Party Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated
TurkeyCommunist Party of TurkeyCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
TurkeyParty of LabourSelma Gürkan
Chairman
2007 electionObserver
UkraineUnion of Communists of UkraineCollective leadership
Central Committee
2007 electionParticipated
UruguayCommunist Party of UruguayEduardo Lorier
General Secretary
2004 electionParticipated
United StatesCommunist Party USASam Webb
Chairman
2006 electionParticipated
VenezuelaCommunist Party of VenezuelaOscar Figuera
General Secretary
2005 electionParticipated
VietnamCommunist Party of VietnamNông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
2007 electionParticipated