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The Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat (Portuguese: Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses / Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado or PCTP/MRPP [1]) is a Maoist political party in Portugal founded in 1970. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Politics of Portugal takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister The first Portuguese Constitution was drafted in 1822 Several Revolutions led to the constitutions of 1826, 1838 ( Liberal Wars) 1911 ( has been a Republic since 1910 the Head of state being the President, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ( Presidente da The Assembly of the Republic ( Portuguese: Assembleia da República, pron. The Government is one of the four sovereignty organs of the Portuguese Republic. In Portugal, the post of Prime Minister ( Portuguese: primeiro-ministro, Pron. José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (ʒuˈzɛ ˈsɔkɾɐtɨʃ; born in Vilar de Maçada degree as a civil Technical engineer Portugal 's Council of Ministers (Conselho de Ministros pron. Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice ( Portuguese: Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, pron. The Portuguese Constitutional Court ( Tribunal Constitucional, pron. The Council of State ( Conselho de Estado, pron. kõ'seʎu or dɨ (ɨʃ'tadu is an organ established by the Constitution of Portugal to advise the Elections in Portugal gives information on Election and election results in Portugal. The Portuguese presidential election were held on January 22, 2006 to elect a successor to the incumbent President Jorge Sampaio, who was The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20. Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. The administrative divisions of Portugal are undergoing changes The European Union is a unique entity possessing elements of Intergovernmentalism, Supranationalism and a Multi-party Parliamentary democracy Foreign relations of Portugal are linked with its historical role as a major player in the Age of Discovery and the holder of the now defunct Portuguese Empire Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Maoism, variably and officially known as Mao Zedong Thought ( is a variant of Marxism derived from the teachings of the late Chinese leader A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Its first secretary-general was Arnaldo Matos.

Originally called MRPP only, the party's political orientation has been Maoist since its foundation. In 1971, still during the conservative and authoritarian dictatorship led by Marcello Caetano, the party started issuing a newspaper called Luta Popular (People's Struggle). Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Marcelo José das Neves Alves Caetano, GCTE, GCC, also spelled Marcello Caetano (mɐɾˈsɛlu kɐiˈtɐnu Lisbon, August 17 The party was one of the most active resistance movements before the Portuguese democratic revolution of 1974, especially amongst the students of Lisbon. The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos was an almost bloodless military-led pro-democratic Coup d'état, started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. After the revolution, the MRPP achieved fame for its large and highly artistic mural paintings. It kept a very intense activity during the years of 1974 and 1975. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At this time, the party had members that later came to be of high importance in national politics, for example, José Manuel Durão Barroso and Fernando Rosas, who left the party in the meantime. José Manuel Durão Barroso (ʒuˈzɛ mɐnuˈɛɫ duˈɾɐ̃ũ bɐˈʁozu born 23 March 1956 is the 12th President of the European Commission. Fernando José Mendes Rosas is a Portuguese academic and politician The party, however, never managed to elect a single MP in legislative elections.

During the revolutionary period of 1974 and 1975, the MRPP was accused (mainly by Portuguese Communist Party) of working for the CIA - it was getting to a certain level of misconfort, because of it's strength in society. The Portuguese Communist Party ( Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português, pron near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all A belief that was fueled by the cooperation between MRPP and the Socialist Party against the communist way defended by Portuguese Communist Party. Partido Socialista redirects here For other parties with similar names see Socialist Party. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The Portuguese Communist Party ( Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português, pron

In 1976, the party changed its name to Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers and it was then that it started to use the acronym PCTP/MRPP. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Its historical leaders are Arnaldo Matos and Saldanha Sanches, the latter of whom directed the Luta Popular newspaper. Its current leader is Garcia Pereira. António Pestana Garcia Pereira is a Portuguese lawyer and politician and the current leader of the maoist PCTP/MRPP.

The party's youth wing, now extinct, was the Marxist-Leninist Students Federation. Marxist-Leninist Students Federation (in Portuguese: Federação dos Estudantes Marxistas-Leninistas) was the students wing of the MRPP.

Notes

  1. ^ It is pronounced IPA: [pɐɾ'tidu kumu'niʃtɐ duʃ tɾɐbɐʎɐ'doɾɨʃ puɾtu'gezɨʃ / muvi'mẽtu ʁiɔɾgɐnizɐ'tivu du pɐɾ'tidu du pɾulɨtɐɾi'adu].

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