Sudanese Communist Party
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Communist Party of Sudan
الحزب الشيوعي السوداني |
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| Leader | Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Headquarters | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | National Consensus Forces |
| International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
| www.sudancp.com/ | |
The Communist Party of Sudan (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي السوداني, Al-Hizb al-Shuyui al-Sudani, CPS), is a communist party in the Republic of Sudan. Founded in 1946, it was a major force in Sudanese politics (and one of the two most influential communist parties in the Arab world, with the Iraqi Communist Party) until 1971, when military ruler Gaafar al-Nimeiry launched a wave of repression against the party after a failed coup implicated the involvement of some Communist officers. Abdel Khaliq Mahjub, Joseph Garang, Alshafi Ahmed Elshikh, Babkir Elnour, Hashim Elatta (the best-known party leaders), were executed. The party remained officially dissolved, but some CPS politicians entered into the government.
Individual communists influenced by the Egyptian Communist Party were active in the Sudan prior to World War Two, however the first formal communist organisation in the Sudan, and the front runner of the Sudanese Communist Party; the Sudan Movement for National Liberation, was founded in 1946. The party began as an offshoot of the Egyptian Communist Movement and during the 1940s and '50s became popular amongst students, helping found the Students Congress in 1949. The SCP originally largely worked through different front organisations, such as Democratic Front, founded in 1954, and contested elections through the Anti-Imperialist Front.
The party joined with other groups opposed to the government of Ibrahim Abboud, and played a key role in the governments toppling in the 1964 October Revolution, joining the subsequent transitional government.
The party contested elections in the 1960s, although came into conflict with the Umma Party and NUP led government. Nevertheless, the party went on to win 8 seats at the 1965 election, with Ahmad Sulayman being elected from a territorial constituency, and Abdel Khaliq Mahjub being elected as an independent. Another member of the party, Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, was the first woman elected to the Sudanese parliament.
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