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21 people

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Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1886–1967
Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany state institutions 1893–1958
Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Svoboda A national hero of two world wars who became an unlikely last bastion of the Prague Spring Military command · Czechoslovakia state institutions 1895–1979
Ernst Wollweber Ernst Wollweber Communist who ran an anti-fascist sabotage network before the war and headed the Stasi from 1953 to 1957 Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany state institutions 1898–1967
Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy Economy, finance and planning · East Germany state institutions 1899–1961
Choe Yong-gon 최용건 The Manchurian guerrilla who became the KPA's first commander and the DPRK's nominal head of state Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1900–1976
Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1911–2013
Nam Il 남일 The Soviet-Korean general who signed the Korean Armistice at Panmunjom Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1913–1976
Józef Światło Józef Światło Deputy head of Poland’s security Department X whose 1953 defection and broadcasts exposed the ministry’s torture and purges Security, intelligence and policing · Poland state institutions 1915–1994
Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng Vietnamese general who led the 1975 spring offensive to Saigon and directed the 1979 invasion of Cambodia and border war with China Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1917–2002
Kang Kon 강건 The KPA's first Chief of General Staff who finalized the invasion plan with Soviet advisers Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1918–1950
Vasile Milea Vasile Milea Ceaușescu's last defence minister: his death on 22 December 1989 triggered the army's mass defection to the revolution Military command · Romania state institutions 1927–1989
Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara The internationalist icon who traded a stethoscope for a rifle Military command · 26th of July Movement 1928–1967
Arnaldo Tomás Ochoa Sánchez Arnaldo Tomás Ochoa Sánchez Cuban general of the African expeditionary campaigns Military command · Cuba state institutions 1930–1989
Atnafu Abate አጥናፉ አባተ The Derg's last independent leader Military command · Ethiopia state institutions 1931–1977
Mohammad Ali Samatar Maxamed Cali Samantar Barre's vice-president who commanded the Ogaden War Military command · Somalia state institutions 1931–2016
Iko Carreira Iko Carreira Founder of Angola's People's Armed Forces and its first Defence Minister Military command · Angola state institutions 1933–2000
José Van-Dúnem José Jacinto da Silva Vieira Dias Van-Dúnem Angolan political-military leader and co-leader of the Nitista current with Nito Alves Military command · Angola state institutions 1939–1977
Saleh Muslih Qasim صالح مصلح قاسم South Yemen's defence minister, shot in the January 1986 Aden violence Military command · South Yemen state institutions 1942–1986
Chris Hani Chris Hani The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms Political and party leadership · South African Communist Party (SACP) 1942–1993
Nito Alves Nito Alves The radical MPLA interior minister who sought Soviet backing only to die in a failed coup Military command · Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1945–1977