Communist Party (Switzerland)
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Communist Party | |
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Italian name | Partito Comunista |
Secretary | |
Members of the Federal Council | none |
Founded | May 1944 |
Headquarters | Via Varenna 66 6600 Locarno (Solduno) |
Youth wing | Swiss Communist Youth |
Membership (2018) | 120 |
Ideology | Communism[1] Marxism-Leninism[1] |
Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
Colours | Red |
National Council | 0 / 200 |
Council of States | 0 / 46 |
Cantonal legislatures | 2 / 2,559 |
Website | |
www.partitocomunista.ch | |
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The Communist Party (Italian: Partito Comunista) is a cantonal political party in Switzerland active in Ticino and Grisons. From October 1944 until 2007, it acted as the Ticino section of the Swiss Party of Labour. In 2007, it decided to change its name to the Communist Party.[2] In 2014, the party severed its ties with the Party of Labour. Its headquarters is in Locarno, Ticino.
History[]
In 2014, the party stopped its collaboration with the Swiss Party of Labour after 70 years of affiliation. The cantonal party renamed itself, and is now only active in the canton of Ticino and in the canton of Grisons. The current General Secretary is Massimiliano Arif Ay, elected in 2009. It gained one seat in Ticino's parliament in 2015, and increased its seat count to 2 in 2019.[3][4]
Youth wing[]
The Swiss Communist Youth is the youth wing of the Communist Party.[5] Its General Secretary is Luca Frei.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Statuto del Partito Comunista (Svizzera)". partitocomunista.ch.
- ^ "E' ufficiale, è tornato il Partito Comunista". resistenze.org.
- ^ "Il Gran Consiglio ticinese ha i suoi 90 parlamentari". tio.ch. 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Elezioni cantonali 2019". Radiotelevisione Svizzera. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Gioventù Comunista, chi siamo". gioventucomunista.ch.
- ^ "Nuovo coordinamento dei Giovani Comunisti". La Regione. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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