Communist Party of Luxembourg
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The Communist Party of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Kommunistesch Partei Letzebuerg, French: Parti Communiste Luxembourgeois, German: Kommunistische Partei Luxemburg), abbreviated to KPL or PCL, is a political party in Luxembourg, founded on January 2, 1921.
Following the end of the Second World War, the party joined the government of national unity. Its first minister was Charles Marx. After Marx's death, he was replaced by Dominique Urbany.
In 1999, many party members were co-founders of the Left (Déi Lénk). Accordingly KPL members ran on the Déi Lénk lists in the 1999 and 2000 elections and no separate KPL lists existed. After disputes between leading KPL members and a majority within Déi Lénk shortly before the 2004 elections the party again ran separate lists. A number of Déi Lénk members were subsequently expelled from the Communist Party.
Ali Ruckert is the current chairman of the party.
[edit] External links
- kp-l.org (Party website)
- Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek (newspaper aligned with the Communist Party of Luxembourg)
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| Alternative Democratic Reform Party | Christian Social People's Party Democratic Party | The Greens | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
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| Communist Party of Luxembourg | Free Party of Luxembourg | The Left | ||
