Polish Communist Party (2002)

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Polish Communist Party

Leader	Krzysztof Szwej since 11 December 2010
Founded	October 9, 2002
Headquarters	Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
Newspaper	Dawn
Youth wing	Komsomol
Membership	About 600
Ideology	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Anti-revisionism
Political position	Far-left
European affiliation	Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colours	Red
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Polish Communist Party (Polish: Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP) is a Polish communist party. The party was founded on October 9, 2002.

The party is considered to be the historical and ideological heir of the Polish Communist Party, which operated between 1918-1938. The party newspaper is a monthly circulation "Dawn". The current chairman was chosen at the Third Party Congress in December 2010, Krzysztof Szwej, an engineer, who succeeded to the position of chairman following Józef Łachut .

Chairmen

14 December 2002 to 8 December 2006 - Marcin Adam
8 December 2006 to 11 December 2010 - Józef Łachut
11 December 2010 – present - Krzysztof Szwej

Predecessors

External links

Communist Youth of Poland

Political parties in Poland

Represented in the Sejm	Law and Justice (216) Civic Platform (133) Modern (30) Polish People's Party (16) Poland Together (9) Solidary Poland (9) Union of European Democrats (4) Congress of the New Right (1) National Movement (1) Real Politics Union (1) Right Wing of the Republic (1)

Represented in the Senate	Law and Justice (56) Civic Platform (33) Poland Together (4) Solidary Poland (2) Catholic-National Movement (1) Polish People's Party (1) Social Democracy of Poland (1) White-Reds (1)

Represented in the European Parliament	Civic Platform (19) Law and Justice (17) Polish People's Party (4) Democratic Left Alliance (3) Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic (2) Congress of the New Right (2) Labour United (1) Right Wing of the Republic (1)

Other existing parties	Alliance of Democrats Christian National Union Confederation of Independent Poland Democratic Party – demokraci.pl Greens League of Polish Families National Party of Retirees and Pensioners National Revival of Poland Party of Regions Pirate Party of Poland Polish Communist Party Polish Labour Party Polish Socialist Party Razem Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland Silesian Autonomy Movement Socialist Alternative Union of the Left Women's Party Workers' Democracy Your Movement

National minorities committees represented in Sejm	German Minority (1)

Defunct parties	Camp of Great Poland Catholic People's Party Centrolew Christian Democracy Christian Union of National Unity Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action Communist Party of Poland (KPP) Communist Party of Poland (Mijal) Confederation of Independent Poland Conservative People's Party Democratic Union Freedom Union Front Morges Labour Party League of the Right of the Republic Left and Democrats Liberal Democratic Congress Movement for Reconstruction of Poland National Democracy National Party National People's Union National Radical Camp National Radical Camp National Radical Camp Falanga National Radical Camp ABC National Workers' Party Social Alliance Solidarity Electoral Action Peasant's Party People's Party Poland Comes First Polish Beer-Lovers' Party Polish Centre Polish Christian Democratic Party Polish People's Party "Piast" Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" Popular National Union Polish Socialist Party Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence Polish Socialist Party – Left Polish Socialist Party of the Prussian Partition Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party Reason Party Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania Solidarity Electoral Action United People's Party

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Polish Communist Party (2002)

Chairmen

Predecessors

See also

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