Moroccan Communist Party
Moroccan Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي المغربي | |
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| French name | Parti Communiste Marocain |
| Abbreviation | PCM or MCP |
| General Secretary | Léon Sultan (1943-1945) Ali Yata (1945-1964) |
| Founded | November 1943 |
| Banned | 1964 |
| Succeeded by | Party of Liberation and Socialism |
| Ideology | Marxism-Leninism Moroccan nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The Moroccan Communist Party was a political party in Morocco. The party was established in November 1943 on the basis of the individual communist groups that had been active in Morocco since 1920. The founding general secretary of the party was Léon Sultan. After Sultan's death in 1945, Ali Yata became the party general secretary.