Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
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Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова Партия коммунистов Республики Молдова |
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| President | Vladimir Voronin |
| Parliamentary group leader | Violeta Ivanov |
| Parliament Leader | Eugenia Vladimir Ostapciuc |
| Founded | October 22, 1993 |
| Headquarters | Chişinău |
| Membership (2014) | 40,000 |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
| Continental affiliation | Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | Republic! Power to the people! Socialism! |
| Parliament |
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| District Presidents |
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The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova (PCRM), Moldovan Cyrillic: Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова (ПКРМ), Russian: Партия коммунистов Республики Молдова, Partiya kommunistov Respubliki Moldova) is a communist party in Moldova, led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to have held a majority in government in the post-Soviet states.
The PCRM is part of the Party of the European Left.
It is currently supporting the coalition government of Moldova on a confidence and supply basis. It does not have any ministers delegated in the Gaburici Cabinet but its support is at present essential for a governing parliamentary majority. After the July 2009 parliamentary election, it was the leading opposition party to the Alliance For European Integration.
The PCRM was registered as a political party in 1994. The PCRM was part of the Popular Patriotic Forces Front at the time of the 1996 presidential election, in which Voronin stood as the coalition's candidate and won 10.3% of the vote, placing third. The party supported Petru Lucinschi in the second round of the election, and following Lucinschi's victory the PCRM was given two positions in the government.
In the March 1998 parliamentary election, the PCRM won 30.1% of the vote and 40 seats, becoming the largest party in parliament; in its platform, it called for "the rebirth of a socialist society". Despite its strong showing, the PCRM was left in opposition due to the formation of a center-right coalition government, Alliance for Democracy and Reforms. Although Lucinschi later nominated Voronin as Prime Minister of Moldova in late 1999, the nomination was unsuccessful because Voronin did not have enough support in parliament. Subsequently the PCRM received 49.9% of the vote in the February 2001 parliamentary election, winning 71 out of the 101 seats in parliament.
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