Communist Party of Malta

Communist Party of Malta
Partit Komunista Malti
AbbreviationPKM
General SecretaryVictor Degiovanni
FounderAnthony Vassallo
Founded1969 (1969)
Split fromMalta Labour Party
Headquarters28/8 Vincenti Buildings, Triq Id-Dejqa, Valletta
NewspaperProletarjat (1977-1979) Żminijietna (1983-1989)
Youth wingYoung Communist League
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationINITIATIVE
International affiliationIMCWP
ColorsRed
SloganWorkers of the world, unite!
Website
communistpartymalta.blogspot.com

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]

  1. ^ a b International Communist Affairs (1983). Yearbook on international communist affairs: 1983. Stanford, California: Hoover Institute Press. p. 458. ISBN 9780817978617 – via Google books.
  2. ^ "Malta: Minor Parties". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007.
  3. ^ "-Political Parties: Acronyms, Names and Election Years". Archived from the original on 5 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Maltese communist party makes a comeback". The Times of Malta. 15 March 2010.

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