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Communist Party of Malta Partit Komunista Malti | |
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| Abbreviation | PKM |
| General Secretary | Victor Degiovanni |
| Founder | Anthony Vassallo |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Split from | Malta Labour Party |
| Headquarters | 28/8 Vincenti Buildings, Triq Id-Dejqa, Valletta |
| Newspaper | Proletarjat (1977-1979) Żminijietna (1983-1989) |
| Youth wing | Young Communist League |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | INITIATIVE |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | Workers of the world, unite! |
| Website | |
| communistpartymalta | |
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]
The current general secretary of the party is Victor Degiovanni, who took over the post from Anthony Vassallo in 2004.[4]
- ^ a b International Communist Affairs (1983). Yearbook on international communist affairs: 1983. Stanford, California: Hoover Institute Press. p. 458. ISBN 9780817978617 – via Google books.
- ^ "Malta: Minor Parties". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007.
- ^ "-Political Parties: Acronyms, Names and Election Years". Archived from the original on 5 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
- ^ "Maltese communist party makes a comeback". The Times of Malta. 15 March 2010.