Communist Party of Suriname
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Communist Party of Suriname | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Bram Behr |
| Founder | Bram Behr |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Membership | 25 (1985) |
| Ideology | Communism Hoxhaism |
| Political position | Far-left |
The Communist Party of Suriname (Dutch: Kommunistische Partij van Suriname) was a communist party in Suriname.
Surinamese Marxists founded the party in 1973, and they ran candidates in the 1977 Surinamese election under the label "Democratic People's Front", winning 0.78% of the vote, and no seats. The party was ideologically aligned with the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, and Hoxhaism.[1]
No member of the party was ever elected to political office in Suriname.[2] Bram Behr, the leader of the party, was imprisoned and executed in 1982. The party published a journal called Modro, which was edited by Behr.
It had about 25 members in 1985,[1] and had effectively dissolved by the end of the Cold War.
