Communist Party of Malta

Communist Party of Malta (Maltese: Partit Komunista Malti) is a communist party in Malta. PKM was founded in 1969 at a secret congress in the town of Gwardamangia, following the departure from the Malta Labour Party of a group of left-wing militants that had been active in the struggle for national independence.[1] Anthony Vassallo was the founding general secretary of the party.[1] The party first contested the national general elections of 1987 when it obtained 0.1% of first preference votes and no parliamentary seats.[2] Since then it has not stood for any other election whether at a European, national or local level.[3]

Communist Party of Malta
SecretaryVictor Degiovanni
Founded1969
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
International affiliationInternational Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP)
International Communist Seminar

The current secretary of the party is Victor Degiovanni, who took over the post from Anthony Vassallo in 2004.

References
  1. International Communist Affairs. Yearbook on international communist affairs: 1983. Stanford, Calif: Hoover Inst. Pr, 1983. p. 458
  2. Malta: Political Parties Archived 7 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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