International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties

International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Map of countries with at least one party affiliated with the IMCWP
StatusActive
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Members124
Websitewww.solidnet.org

The International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) is an annual conference attended by communist and workers' parties from several countries. It originated in 1998 when the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) invited communist and workers' parties to participate in an annual conference where parties could gather to share their experiences and issue a joint declaration.[1] The most recent and 23rd meeting of the IMCWP was held in October 2023 in İzmir and was hosted by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).[2] The 24th meeting was scheduled to be held in Lebanon, hosted by the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) between 25–27 October 2024,[3] but was postponed due to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.[4]

Organization

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The Working Group (WG) of International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) 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 (IMCWPs).[5][6]

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".[7] 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.[8]

Participation

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Date Host country Host city Host Party
1st 21–23 May 1999  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
2nd 23–26 June 2000  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
3rd 22–24 June 2001  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
4th 21–23 June 2002  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
5th 19–21 June 2003  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
6th 8–10 October 2004  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
7th 18–20 November 2005  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
9th 3–5 November 2007  Belarus Minsk Communist Party of Belarus
10th 21–23 November 2008  Brazil São Paulo Communist Party of Brazil
11th 20–22 November 2009  India New Delhi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India
12th 3–5 December 2010  South Africa Johannesburg South African Communist Party
13th 9–11 December 2011  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
14th 22–25 November 2012  Lebanon Beirut Lebanese Communist Party
15th 8–10 November 2013  Portugal Lisbon Portuguese Communist Party
16th 13–15 November 2014  Ecuador Guayaquil Communist Party of Ecuador
17th 30 October – 1 November 2015  Turkey Istanbul Communist Party of Turkey
18th 28–30 October 2016  Vietnam Hanoi Communist Party of Vietnam
19th 5–7 November 2017  Russia Moscow
Saint Petersburg
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
20th 23–25 November 2018  Greece Athens Communist Party of Greece
21st 18–20 October 2019  Turkey İzmir Communist Party of Turkey
Communist Party of Greece
22nd 27–29 October 2022  Cuba Havana Communist Party of Cuba
23rd 20–22 October 2023  Turkey İzmir Communist Party of Turkey

The following table is a list of participants in each meeting.

Key:

✓ = participated
– = did not participate
o = observer
m = sent message
Country Party 2023[9] 2022[10] 2021[11] 2019[12] 2018[13] 2017[14] 2016[15] 2015[16] 2014[17] 2013[18] 2012[19] 2011 2010 2009[20] 2008[21] 2007[22] 2006 2005 2004 2003[23] 2002[24] 2001[25]
 Albania Communist Party of Albania
 Algeria Party for Democracy and Socialism
 Argentina Communist Party of Argentina m m m m
 Armenia Armenian Communist Party
 Australia Communist Party of Australia m
 Austria Communist Party of Austria m
Party of Labour of Austria
 Azerbaijan Communist Party of Azerbaijan
 Bahrain National Democratic Trend
National Liberation Front m
Progressive Democratic Tribune
 Bangladesh Communist Party of Bangladesh
Workers Party of Bangladesh
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus m
 Belgium Communist Party of Belgium m m
Workers' Party of Belgium
 Bolivia Communist Party of Bolivia m
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Workers' Communist Party m
 Brazil Brazilian Communist Party [26] m
Communist Party of Brazil
 Bulgaria Communist Party "Georgi Dimitrov"
Communist Party of Bulgaria m
Initiative Committee
Socialist Party – Marxist Platform
 Canada Communist Party of Canada
 Chile Communist Party of Chile m m m m m
 China Communist Party of China o o m o
 Colombia Colombian Communist Party m
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force m m
 Costa Rica People's Vanguard Party
 Croatia Socialist Labour Party of Croatia
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
 Denmark Communist Party in Denmark
Communist Party of Denmark
 Dominican Republic Force of the Revolution
 Ecuador Communist Party of Ecuador m
 Egypt Egyptian Communist Party
 El Salvador Communist Party of El Salvador
 Estonia Communist Party of Estonia
 Eswatini Communist Party of Swaziland
 Finland Communist Party of Finland m m
 France French Communist Party o m
 Georgia Unified Communist Party of Georgia
 Germany German Communist Party m
 Greece Communist Party of Greece
 Guyana People's Progressive Party
 Hungary Hungarian Workers' Party
 India Communist Party of India m m m
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [27] m m
 Iran Tudeh Party of Iran m m
 Iraq Iraqi Communist Party
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq m
 Ireland Communist Party of Ireland
Workers' Party (Ireland)
 Israel Communist Party of Israel
 Italy Communist Party [28]
Italian Communist Party
Party of Italian Communists m
Communist Refoundation Party
 Japan Japanese Communist Party
 Jordan Jordanian Communist Party [28] m
 Kazakhstan Communist Party of Kazakhstan
Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan
 Kenya Communist Party of Kenya
Communist Party Marxist - Kenya
 Korea, DPR Workers' Party of Korea
 Kyrgyzstan Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan
 Laos Lao People's Revolutionary Party [28] m m m m
 Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia [28]
 Lebanon Lebanese Communist Party
 Lithuania Socialist Party of Lithuania [28] m
 Luxembourg Communist Party of Luxembourg [28] m m
The Left m
 North Macedonia Communist Party of Macedonia m
League of Communists of Macedonia
 Madagascar Congress Party for the Independence
 Malta Communist Party of Malta m m
 Mexico Communist Party of Mexico [28]
Popular Socialist Party m
Socialist People's Party of Mexico m m m
 Moldova Party of Communists m m m
   Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) m m m m
 Netherlands New Communist Party of the Netherlands [28]
 Norway Communist Party of Norway [28]
 Pakistan Communist Party of Pakistan m m
 Palestine Palestinian Communist Party m m
Palestinian People's Party m
 Panama People's Party of Panama
 Paraguay Paraguayan Communist Party [28]
 Peru Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland
Peruvian Communist Party
 Philippines Communist Party of the Philippines – 1930 m m m m
 Poland Communist Party of Poland [28] m
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party m
 Romania Romanian Communist Party
Romanian Socialist Party
Socialist Alliance Party m m
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Russian Communist Workers' Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union [28]
 Serbia New Communist Party of Yugoslavia m
Party of Communists of Serbia [28]
 Slovakia Communist Party of Slovakia
 South Africa South African Communist Party m m m
 former Soviet Union Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
 Spain Communist Party of Spain
Communists of Catalonia [28] m
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
United Left
 Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka [28] m m
 Sudan Sudanese Communist Party
 Sweden Communist Party of Sweden [28] m
  Switzerland Communist Party (Switzerland)
 Syria Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)
Syrian Communist Party (Unified)
 Tajikistan Communist Party of Tajikistan m m m
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey
Communist Party
Party of Labour o o o m
 Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine [28] m
Union of Communists of Ukraine [28]
 United Kingdom Communist Party of Britain m m
New Communist Party of Britain
 Uruguay Communist Party of Uruguay [28] m m
 USA Communist Party USA [28]
 Venezuela Communist Party of Venezuela m m
 Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam

Representatives

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9th International Meeting, 2007

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The 9th meeting was held in Minsk, Belarus, from 3 to 5 November 2007 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Belarus (KPB). It was attended by 154 representatives of 72 communist and workers' parties, representing 59 countries.[29]

Country Party Leaders Parliamentary
representation
Type
 Algeria Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 462
2007 election
Participated
 Armenia Armenian Communist Party Ruben Tovmasyan
General Secretary
0 / 131
2007 election
Participated
 Australia Communist Party of Australia Hannah Middleton
General Secretary
0 / 150
2007 election
Participated
 Azerbaijan Communist Party of Azerbaijan Telman Nurullayev
General Secretary
0 / 125
2005 election
Participated
 Bahrain National Liberation Front – Bahrain Hasan Madau
General Secretary
0 / 40
2006 election
Participated
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus Igor Karpenko
General Secretary
6 / 110
2004 election
Participated
 Belgium Workers' Party of Belgium Peter Mertens
President
0 / 150
2007 election
Participated
 Brazil Brazilian Communist Party Ivan Pinheiro
General Secretary
0 / 513
2006 election
Participated
Communist Party of Brazil José Renato Rabelo
President
13 / 513
2006 election
Participated
 Bulgaria Communist Party of Bulgaria Aleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
1 / 240
2005 election
Participated
 Canada Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa
General Secretary
0 / 308
2004 election
Participated
 Chile Communist Party of Chile Lautaro Carmona Soto
General Secretary
0 / 120
2005 election
Participated
 China Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao
First Secretary
2,099 / 2,987
2002–2003 election
Participated
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba Fidel Castro
First Secretary
614 / 614
2008 election
Participated
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People Demetris Christofias
General Secretary
18 / 56
2006 election
Participated
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Vojtěch Filip
Chairman
26 / 200
2006 election
Participated
 Denmark Communist Party in Denmark Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
0 / 175
2007 election
Participated
Communist Party of Denmark Henrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
4 / 175
2007 election
Participated
 Finland Communist Party of Finland Yrjö Hakanen
Chairman
0 / 200
2007 election
Participated
 Georgia United Communist Party of Georgia Panteleimon Giorgadze
General Secretary
Did not participate Participated
 Germany German Communist Party Bettina Jürgensen
Chairman
0 / 620
2005 election
Participated
United Kingdom Communist Party of Britain Robert Griffiths
General Secretary
0 / 646
2005 election
Participated
 Greece Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga
General Secretary
22 / 300
2007 election
Participated
 Hungary Hungarian Communist Workers' Party Gyula Thürmer
Chairman
0 / 386
2006 election
Participated
 India Communist Party of India Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
10 / 545
2004 election
Participated
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat
General Secretary
43 / 545
2004 election
Participated
 Iran Tudeh Party of Iran Mohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
Illegal Participated
 Iraq Iraqi Communist Party Hamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
0 / 275
December 2005 election
Participated
 Ireland Communist Party of Ireland Eugene McCartan
General Secretary
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
Workers' Party (Ireland) Seán Garland
President
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
 Israel Communist Party of Israel Collective leadership
Central Committee
3 / 120
2006 election
Participated
 Italy Party of Italian Communists Oliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
16 / 630
2006 election
Participated
 Jordan Jordanian Communist Party Munir Hamarneh
General Secretary
0 / 150
2007 election
Participated
 Korea, North Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong-il
General Secretary
606 / 687
2003 election
Participated
 Kyrgyzstan Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Iskhak Masaliyev
General Secretary
1 / 75
2005 election
Participated
 Laos Lao People's Revolutionary Party Choummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
113 / 115
2006 election
Participated
 Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia Alfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
4 / 100
2006 election
Participated
 Lebanon Lebanese Communist Party Khaled Hadadi
General Secretary
0 / 128
2005 election
Participated
 Lithuania Socialist Party of Lithuania Giedrius Petružis
Chairman
Did not participate Participated
 Luxembourg Communist Party of Luxembourg Ali Ruckert
General Secretary
0 / 60
2004 election
Participated
 Macedonia Communist Party of Macedonia Did not participate Participated
 Mexico Party of Mexican Communists Pável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
0 / 500
2006 election
Participated
Popular Socialist Party Manuel Fernández Flores
President
Did not participate Participated
 Moldova Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Vladimir Voronin
First Secretary
56 / 101
2005 election
Participated
   Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
71 / 205
1999 election
Participated
 Norway Communist Party of Norway Zafer Gözet
Chairman
0 / 169
2005 election
Participated
 Pakistan Communist Party of Pakistan
0 / 342
2002 election
Participated
 Philippines Communist Party of the Philippines – 1930 Pedro Baguisa
General Secretary
Illegal Participated
 Poland Communist Party of Poland Józef Łachut
Chairman
0 / 460
2007 election
Participated
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party Jerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
14 / 230
2005 election
Participated
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
52 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists Viktor Tyulkin
Chairman
0 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participate Participated
 Serbia New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Branko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
0 / 250
2007 election
Participated
 Slovakia Communist Party of Slovakia Joseph Shevts
General Secretary
0 / 150
2006 election
Participated
 Spain Communist Party of Spain Francisco Frutos
General Secretary
5 / 350
2004 election
Participated
United Left Gaspar Llamazares
General Coordinator
5 / 350
2004 election
Participated
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Carmelo Suárez
General Secretary
0 / 350
2004 election
Participated
 Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka D. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
1 / 225
2004 election
Participated
 Sudan Sudanese Communist Party Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud
General Secretary
Illegal Participated
 Sweden Communist Party of Sweden Victor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
0 / 349
2006 election
Participated
 Syria Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
5 / 250
2007 election
Participated
Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
3 / 250
2007 election
Participated
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 550
2007 election
Participated
Party of Labour Selma Gürkan
Chairman
0 / 550
2007 election
Observer
 Ukraine Union of Communists of Ukraine Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 450
2007 election
Participated
 Uruguay Communist Party of Uruguay Eduardo Lorier
General Secretary
50 / 99
2004 election
Participated
 United States Communist Party USA Sam Webb
Chairman
0 / 435
2006 election
Participated
 Venezuela Communist Party of Venezuela Oscar Figuera
General Secretary
7 / 167
2005 election
Participated
 Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam Nông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
458 / 500
2007 election
Participated

10th International Meeting, 2008

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The 10th meeting was held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 21 to 23 November 2008 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). It was attended by delegations of 65 communist and workers' parties from 55 countries.[30]

Country Party Leaders Parliamentary
representation
Type
 Algeria Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 462
2007 election
Participated
 Argentina Communist Party of Argentina Patricio Echegaray
General Secretary
0 / 257
2007 election
Participated
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus Igor Karpenko
General Secretary
6 / 110
2004 election
Participated
 Belgium Workers' Party of Belgium Peter Mertens
President
0 / 150
2007 election
Participated
 Brazil Brazilian Communist Party Ivan Pinheiro
General Secretary
0 / 513
2006 election
Participated
Communist Party of Brazil José Renato Rabelo
President
13 / 513
2006 election
Participated
 Bulgaria Communist Party of Bulgaria Aleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
1 / 240
2005 election
Participated
 Canada Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa
General Secretary
0 / 308
2004 election
Participated
 Chile Communist Party of Chile Lautaro Carmona Soto
General Secretary
0 / 120
2005 election
Participated
 China Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao
First Secretary
2,099 / 2,987
2007–2008 election
Participated
 Colombia Colombian Communist Party Jaime Caycedo Turriago
Chairman
0 / 162
2006 election
Participated
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba Fidel Castro
First Secretary
614 / 614
2008 election
Participated
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People Demetris Christofias
General Secretary
18 / 56
2006 election
Participated
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Vojtěch Filip
Chairman
26 / 200
2006 election
Participated
 Denmark Communist Party in Denmark Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
0 / 175
2007 election
Participated
Communist Party of Denmark Henrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
4 / 175
2007 election
Participated
 Ecuador Communist Party of Ecuador Winston Alarcón Elizalde
General Secretary
0 / 137
2006 election
Participated
 Finland Communist Party of Finland Yrjö Hakanen
Chairman
0 / 200
2007 election
Participated
 France French Communist Party Marie-George Buffet
National Secretary
7 / 577
2007 election
Participated
 Georgia Unified Communist Party of Georgia Panteleimon Giorgadze
National Secretary
Did not participate Participated
 Germany German Communist Party Bettina Jürgensen
Chairman
0 / 620
2005 election
Participated
 Great Britain Communist Party of Britain Robert Griffiths
General Secretary
0 / 646
2005 election
Participated
 Greece Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga
General Secretary
22 / 300
2007 election
Participated
 Hungary Hungarian Communist Workers' Party Gyula Thürmer
Chairman
0 / 386
2006 election
Participated
 India Communist Party of India Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
10 / 545
2004 election
Participated
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat
General Secretary
43 / 545
2004 election
Participated
 Iran Tudeh Party of Iran Mohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
Illegal Participated
 Iraq Iraqi Communist Party Hamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
0 / 275
December 2005 election
Participated
 Ireland Communist Party of Ireland Eugene McCartan
General Secretary
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
Workers' Party (Ireland) Mick Finnegan
President
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
 Italy Communist Refoundation Party Paolo Ferrero
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
Party of Italian Communists Oliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
 Korea, North Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong-il
General Secretary
606 / 687
2003 election
Participated
 Kyrgyzstan Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Iskhak Masaliyev
General Secretary
1 / 75
2005 election
Participated
 Laos Lao People's Revolutionary Party Choummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
113 / 115
2006 election
Participated
 Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia Alfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
4 / 100
2006 election
Participated
 Lebanon Lebanese Communist Party Khaled Hadadi
General Secretary
0 / 128
2006 election
Participated
 Luxembourg Communist Party of Luxembourg Ali Ruckert
General Secretary
0 / 60
2004 election
Participated
 Mexico Party of Mexican Communists Pável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
0 / 500
2006 election
Participated
   Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
109 / 601
2008 election
Participated
 Netherlands New Communist Party of the Netherlands Job Pruijser
Chairman
0 / 150
2006 election
Participated
 Norway Communist Party of Norway Zafer Gözet
Chairman
0 / 169
2005 election
Participated
 Palestine Palestinian People's Party Bassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
0 / 272
2006 election
Participated
Palestinian Communist Party Did not participate Participated
 Panama People's Party of Panama Rubén Dario Sousa Batista
General Secretary
Not recognized Participated
 Paraguay Communist Party of Paraguay Najeeb Amado
General Secretary
Did not participate Participated
 Peru Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland Alberto Moreno
General Secretary
Did not participate Participated
Peruvian Communist Party Roberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
0 / 130
2006 election
Participated
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party Jerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
14 / 230
2005 election
Participated
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
52 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists Viktor Tyulkin
Chairman
0 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participate Participated
 Serbia New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Branko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
0 / 250
2008 election
Participated
 South Africa South African Communist Party Blade Nzimande
General Secretary
0 / 400
2004 election
Participated
 Spain Communist Party of the People of Spain Carmelo Suárez
General Secretary
0 / 350
2004 election
Participated
 Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka D. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
1 / 225
2004 election
Participated
 Syria Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
5 / 250
2007 election
Participated
Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
3 / 250
2007 election
Participated
 Sweden Communist Party of Sweden Victor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
0 / 349
2006 election
Participated
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 550
2007 election
Participated
 Ukraine Union of Communists of Ukraine Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 450
2007 election
Participated
 Uruguay Communist Party of Uruguay Eduardo Lorier
General Secretary
50 / 99
2004 election
Participated
 United States Communist Party USA Sam Webb
Chairman
0 / 435
2008 election
Participated
 Venezuela Communist Party of Venezuela Oscar Figuera
General Secretary
7 / 167
2005 election
Participated
 Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam Nông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
458 / 500
2007 election
Participated

11th International Meeting, 2009

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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 (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India. It was attended by 89 participants representing 57 communist and workers' parties and 48 countries.[31]

Country Party Leaders Parliamentary
representation
Type
 Argentina Communist Party of Argentina Patricio Echegaray
General Secretary
0 / 257
2007 election
Participated
 Australia Communist Party of Australia Hannah Middleton
General Secretary
0 / 150
2007 election
Participated
 Bangladesh Workers Party of Bangladesh Syed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2 / 300
2008 election
Participated
 Belgium Workers' Party of Belgium Peter Mertens
President
0 / 150
2007 election
Participated
 Bolivia Communist Party of Bolivia Illegal Sent message
 Brazil Brazilian Communist Party Ivan Pinheiro
General Secretary
0 / 513
2006 election
Participated
Communist Party of Brazil José Renato Rabelo
President
13 / 513
2006 election
Participated
 Canada Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa
General Secretary
0 / 308
2008 election
Participated
 China Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao
First Secretary
2,099 / 2,987
2007–2008 election
Participated
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba Fidel Castro
First Secretary
614 / 614
2008 election
Participated
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People Andros Kyprianou
General Secretary
18 / 56
2006 election
Participated
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Vojtěch Filip
Chairman
26 / 200
2006 election
Participated
 Denmark Communist Party in Denmark Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
0 / 175
2007 election
Participated
Communist Party of Denmark Henrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
4 / 175
2007 election
Participated
 Finland Communist Party of Finland Yrjö Hakanen
Chairman
0 / 200
2007 election
Participated
 France French Communist Party Marie-George Buffet
National Secretary
7 / 577
2007 election
Participated
 Germany German Communist Party Bettina Jürgensen
Chairman
0 / 620
2009 election
Participated
 Great Britain Communist Party of Britain Robert Griffiths
General Secretary
0 / 650
2006 election
Participated
 Greece Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga
General Secretary
22 / 300
2007 election
Participated
 Hungary Hungarian Communist Workers' Party Gyula Thürmer
Chairman
0 / 386
2006 election
Participated
 India Communist Party of India Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
4 / 545
2009 election
Participated
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat
General Secretary
16 / 545
2009 election
Participated
 Iran Tudeh Party of Iran Mohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
Illegal Participated
 Iraq Iraqi Communist Party Hamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
0 / 325
December 2005 election
Participated
 Ireland Communist Party of Ireland Eugene McCartan
General Secretary
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
Workers' Party (Ireland) Mick Finnegan
President
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
 Israel Communist Party of Israel Collective leadership
Central Committee
4 / 120
2009 election
Participated
 Italy Communist Refoundation Party Paolo Ferrero
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
Party of Italian Communists Oliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
 Korea, North Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong-il
General Secretary
606 / 687
2009 election
Participated
 Kyrgyzstan Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Iskhak Masaliyev
General Secretary
1 / 75
2005 election
Participated
 Laos Lao People's Revolutionary Party Choummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
113 / 115
2006 election
Participated
 Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia Alfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
3 / 100
2006 election
Participated
 Lebanon Lebanese Communist Party Khaled Hadadi
General Secretary
0 / 128
2009 election
Participated
 Luxembourg Communist Party of Luxembourg Ali Ruckert
General Secretary
0 / 60
2009 election
Participated
 Mexico Party of Mexican Communists Pável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
0 / 500
2006 election
Participated
   Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
109 / 601
2008 election
Participated
 Netherlands New Communist Party of the Netherlands Job Pruijser
Chairman
0 / 150
2006 election
Participated
 Norway Communist Party of Norway Zafer Gözet
Chairman
0 / 169
2009 election
Participated
 Palestine Palestinian People's Party Bassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
0 / 272
2006 election
Participated
Palestinian Communist Party Did not participate Participated
 Peru Peruvian Communist Party Roberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
Did not participate Participated
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party Jerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
15 / 230
2009 election
Participated
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
52 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists Viktor Tyulkin
Chairman
0 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participate Participated
 Serbia New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Branko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
0 / 250
2008 election
Participated
 South Africa South African Communist Party Blade Nzimande
General Secretary
0 / 400
2009 election
Participated
 Spain Communist Party of Spain José Luis Centella
General Secretary
2 / 350
2008 election
Participated
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Carmelo Suárez
General Secretary
0 / 350
2008 election
Participated
 Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka D. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
1 / 225
2004 election
Participated
 Syria Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
5 / 250
2007 election
Participated
Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
3 / 250
2007 election
Participated
 Sweden Communist Party of Sweden Victor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
0 / 349
2006 election
Participated
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 550
2007 election
Participated
 United States Communist Party USA Sam Webb
Chairman
0 / 435
2008 election
Participated
 Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam Nông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
458 / 500
2007 election
Participated

12th International Meeting, 2010

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The 13th meeting was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 3 to 5 December 2010 and was hosted by the South African Communist Party.[32]

Country Party Leaders Parliamentary
representation
Type
 Argentina Communist Party of Argentina Patricio Echegaray
General Secretary
0 / 257
2007 election
Participated
 Australia Communist Party of Australia Hannah Middleton
General Secretary
0 / 150
2007
Participated
 Azerbaijan Communist Party of Azerbaijan Telman Nurullayev
General Secretary
0 / 125
2010
Participated
 Bangladesh Workers Party of Bangladesh Syed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2 / 300
2008 election
Participated
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus Igor Karpenko
General Secretary
6 / 110
2008 election
Participated
 Belgium Workers' Party of Belgium Peter Mertens
President
0 / 150
2010 election
Participated
 Brazil Brazilian Communist Party Ivan Pinheiro
General Secretary
0 / 513
2010 election
Participated
Communist Party of Brazil José Renato Rabelo
President
15 / 513
2010 election
Participated
 Bulgaria Communist Party of Bulgaria Aleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
1 / 240
2009 election
Participated
 Canada Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa
General Secretary
0 / 308
2008 election
Participated
 China Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao
First Secretary
2,099 / 2,987
2007–2008 election
Participated
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba Fidel Castro
First Secretary
614 / 614
2008 election
Participated
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People Andros Kyprianou
General Secretary
18 / 56
2006 election
Participated
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Vojtěch Filip
Chairman
26 / 200
2010 election
Participated
 Denmark Communist Party in Denmark Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
0 / 175
2007 election
Participated
Communist Party of Denmark Henrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
4 / 175
2007 election
Participated
 Finland Communist Party of Finland Yrjö Hakanen
Chairman
0 / 200
2007 election
Participated
 France French Communist Party Pierre Laurent
National Secretary
7 / 577
2007 election
Participated
 Germany German Communist Party Bettina Jürgensen
General Secretary
0 / 620
2009 election
Participated
 Great Britain Communist Party of Britain Robert Griffiths
General Secretary
0 / 650
2010 election
Participated
 Greece Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga
General Secretary
22 / 300
2007 election
Participated
 Hungary Hungarian Communist Workers' Party Gyula Thürmer
Chairman
0 / 386
2010 election
Participated
 India Communist Party of India Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
4 / 545
2009 election
Participated
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat
General Secretary
16 / 545
2009 election
Participated
 Iraq Iraqi Communist Party Hamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
0 / 325
2010 election
Participated
 Ireland Communist Party of Ireland Eugene McCartan
General Secretary
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
Workers' Party (Ireland) Mick Finnegan
President
0 / 166
2007 election
Participated
 Israel Communist Party of Israel Collective leadership
Central Committee
4 / 120
2009 election
Participated
 Italy Communist Refoundation Party Paolo Ferrero
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
Party of Italian Communists Oliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
 Lebanon Lebanese Communist Party Khaled Hadadi
General Secretary
0 / 128
2009 election
Participated
 Luxembourg Communist Party of Luxembourg Ali Ruckert
General Secretary
0 / 60
2009 election
Participated
   Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
109 / 601
2008 election
Participated
 Netherlands New Communist Party of the Netherlands Job Pruijser
Chairman
0 / 150
2010 election
Participated
 Norway Communist Party of Norway Svend Haakon Jacobsen
Chairman
0 / 169
2009 election
Participated
 Palestine Palestinian People's Party Bassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
0 / 272
2006 election
Participated
Palestinian Communist Party Did not participate Participated
 Peru Peruvian Communist Party Roberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
Did not participate Participated
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party Jerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
15 / 230
2009 election
Participated
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
52 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists Viktor Tyulkin
Chairman
0 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Communist Party of the Soviet Union Sergey Alexandrov
First Secretary
Did not participate Participated
 Serbia New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Branko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
0 / 250
2008 election
Participated
 South Africa South African Communist Party Blade Nzimande
General Secretary
0 / 400
2009 election
Participated
 Spain Communist Party of Spain José Luis Centella
General Secretary
2 / 350
2008 election
Participated
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Carmelo Suárez
General Secretary
0 / 350
2008 election
Participated
 Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka D. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2 / 225
2010 election
Participated
 Syria Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
5 / 250
2007 election
Participated
Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
3 / 250
2007 election
Participated
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 550
2007 election
Participated
 Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko
General Secretary
27 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Union of Communists of Ukraine Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 450
2007 election
Participated
 United States Communist Party USA Sam Webb
Chairman
0 / 435
2010 election
Participated
 Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam Nông Đức Mạnh
General Secretary
458 / 500
2007 election
Participated

13th International Meeting, 2011

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The 13th meeting was held in Athens, Greece, from 9 to 11 December 2011 and was hosted by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). Under the motto "Socialism is the future!", it was attended by 80 parties, while additional eight parties sent a message.

Countries with parties that participated in the 13th IMCWP (2011) appear in red on this map.
Country Party Leaders Parliamentary
representation
Type
 Albania Communist Party of Albania Hysni Milloshi
First Secretary
0 / 140
2009 election
Participated
 Algeria Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 462
2007 election
Participated
 Argentina Communist Party of Argentina Patricio Echegaray
General Secretary
0 / 257
2011 election
Sent message
 Armenia Armenian Communist Party Ruben Tovmasyan
General Secretary
0 / 131
2007 election
Participated
 Australia Communist Party of Australia Hannah Middleton
General Secretary
0 / 150
2007
Participated
 Azerbaijan Communist Party of Azerbaijan Telman Nurullayev
General Secretary
0 / 125
2010
Participated
 Bangladesh Communist Party of Bangladesh Mujahidul Islam Selim
General Secretary
0 / 300
2008 election
Participated
Workers Party of Bangladesh Syed Abu Zafar
General Secretary
2 / 300
2008 election
Participated
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus Igor Karpenko
General Secretary
6 / 110
2008 election
Participated
 Belgium Communist Party Pierre Beauvois
President
0 / 150
2010 election
Sent message
Workers' Party of Belgium Peter Mertens
President
0 / 150
2010 election
Participated
 Bolivia Communist Party of Bolivia Illegal Sent message
 Brazil Brazilian Communist Party Ivan Pinheiro
General Secretary
0 / 513
2010 election
Participated
Communist Party of Brazil José Renato Rabelo
President
15 / 513
2010 election
Participated
 Bulgaria Communist Party of Bulgaria Aleksandar Paunov
General Secretary
1 / 240
2009 election
Participated
Party of the Bulgarian Communists Mincho Minchev Petrov
Secretary of Political Affairs
0 / 240
2009 election
Participated
 Canada Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa
General Secretary
0 / 308
2011 election
Participated
 Croatia Socialist Labour Party of Croatia Ivan Plješa
President
0 / 151
2011 election
Participated
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro
First Secretary
614 / 614
2008 election
Participated
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People Andros Kyprianou
General Secretary
19 / 56
2011 election
Participated
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Vojtěch Filip
Chairman
26 / 200
2010 election
Participated
 Denmark Communist Party in Denmark Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson
Chairman
0 / 179
2011 election
Participated
Communist Party of Denmark Henrik Stamer Hedin
Chairman
12 / 179
2011 election
Participated
 Egypt Egyptian Communist Party Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 518
2010 election
Participated
 Finland Communist Party of Finland Yrjö Hakanen
Chairman
0 / 200
2011 election
Participated
 France French Communist Party Pierre Laurent
National Secretary
15 / 577
2007 election
Participated
 Georgia United Communist Party of Georgia Nugzar Shalvovich Avaliani
National Secretary
0 / 150
2008 election
Participated
 Germany German Communist Party Bettina Jürgensen
General Secretary
0 / 620
2009 election
Participated
 Great Britain Communist Party of Britain Robert Griffiths
General Secretary
0 / 650
2010 election
Participated
New Communist Party of Britain Andy Brooks
General Secretary
0 / 650
2010 election
Participated
 Greece Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga
General Secretary
22 / 300
2007 election
Participated
 Guyana People's Progressive Party Donald Ramotar
President
32 / 65
2011 election
Participated
 Hungary Hungarian Communist Workers' Party Gyula Thürmer
Chairman
0 / 386
2010 election
Participated
 India Communist Party of India Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan
General Secretary
4 / 545
2009 election
Participated
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat
General Secretary
16 / 545
2009 election
Participated
 Korea, North Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong-il
General Secretary
606 / 687
2009 election
Participated
 Iran Tudeh Party of Iran Mohammad Omidvar
General Secretary
Illegal Sent message
 Iraq Iraqi Communist Party Hamid Majid Mousa
General Secretary
0 / 325
2010 election
Sent message
 Ireland Communist Party of Ireland Eugene McCartan
General Secretary
0 / 166
2011 election
Participated
Workers' Party (Ireland) Mick Finnegan
President
0 / 166
2011 election
Participated
 Italy Communist Refoundation Party Paolo Ferrero
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
Party of Italian Communists Oliviero Diliberto
General Secretary
0 / 630
2008 election
Participated
 Jordan Jordanian Communist Party Munir Hamarneh
General Secretary
0 / 150
2010 election
Participated
 Laos Lao People's Revolutionary Party Choummaly Sayasone
General Secretary
128 / 132
2011 election
Participated
 Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia Alfrēds Rubiks
Chairman
3 / 100
2010 election
Participated
 Lebanon Lebanese Communist Party Khaled Hadadi
General Secretary
0 / 128
2009 election
Participated
 Lithuania Socialist People's Front Algirdas Paleckis
Chairman
0 / 141
2008 election
Participated
 Luxembourg Communist Party of Luxembourg Ali Ruckert
General Secretary
0 / 60
2009 election
Participated
 Macedonia Communist Party of Macedonia Did not participate Participated
 Malta Communist Party of Malta Victor Degiovanni
General Secretary
0 / 69
2008 election
Sent message
 Mexico Communist Party of Mexico Pável Blanco Cabrera
General Secretary
0 / 500
2008 election
Participated
Popular Socialist Party of Mexico Cuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo
General Secretary
Not recognized Sent message
   Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jhala Nath Khanal
Chairman
109 / 601
2008 election
Sent message
 Netherlands New Communist Party of the Netherlands Job Pruijser
Chairman
0 / 150
2010 election
Participated
 Norway Communist Party of Norway Svend Haakon Jacobsen
Chairman
0 / 169
2009 election
Participated
 Pakistan Communist Party of Pakistan Imdad Qazi
General Secretary
0 / 272
2008 election
Participated
 Palestine Palestinian People's Party Bassam as-Salhi
General Secretary
0 / 272
2006 election
Participated
Palestinian Communist Party Did not participate Participated
 Paraguay Communist Party of Paraguay Najeeb Amado
General Secretary
Did not participate Participated
 Peru Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland Alberto Moreno
General Secretary
Did not participate Participated
Peruvian Communist Party Roberto De La Cruz Huaman
General Secretary
0 / 130
2011 election
Participated
 Philippines Communist Party of the Philippines – 1930 Antonio E. Paris
General Secretary
Illegal Sent message
 Poland Communist Party of Poland Krzysztof Szwej
Chairman
0 / 460
2011 election
Participated
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party Jerónimo de Sousa
General Secretary
14 / 230
2011 election
Participated
 Romania Romanian Communist Party Not recognized Participated
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
92 / 450
2011 election
Participated
Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists Viktor Tyulkin
Chairman
0 / 450
2011 election
Participated
Communist Party of the Soviet Union Sergey Alexandrov
First Secretary
Did not participate Participated
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union Gennady Zyuganov
Chairman
Did not participate Participated
 Serbia New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Branko Kitanović
Executive Secretary
0 / 250
2008 election
Participated
Communists of Serbia Svetozar Markanović
President
0 / 250
2008 election
Participated
 South Africa South African Communist Party Blade Nzimande
General Secretary
0 / 400
2009 election
Participated
 Spain Communist Party of Spain José Luis Centella
General Secretary
6 / 350
2011 election
Participated
Party of the Communists of Catalonia Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 350
2011 election
Participated
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Carmelo Suárez
General Secretary
0 / 350
2011 election
Participated
 Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka D. E. W. Gunasekera
General Secretary
2 / 225
2010 election
Participated
 Sudan Sudanese Communist Party Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib
General Secretary
0 / 450
2010 election
Participated
 Sweden Communist Party of Sweden Victor Diaz de Filippi
Chairman
0 / 349
2010 election
Participated
 Syria Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) Ammar Bagdache
General Secretary
5 / 250
2007 election
Participated
Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Hanin Nimir
General Secretary
3 / 250
2007 election
Participated
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey Collective leadership
Central Committee
0 / 550
2011 election
Participated
Labour Party Selma Gürkan
General Secretary
0 / 550
2011 election
Participated
 Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko
General Secretary
32 / 450
2007 election
Participated
Union of Communists of Ukraine Collective leadership
Central Committee
27 / 450
2007 election
Participated
 Uruguay Communist Party of Uruguay Eduardo Lorier
General Secretary
50 / 99
2009 election
Sent message
 United States Communist Party USA