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Ali Ahmed Nasser Antar علي أحمد ناصر عنتر Vice president who twice remade the leadership, killed by a comrade's guards Political and party leadership · South Yemen state institutions 1937–1986
Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz Egon Krenz The last communist leader of East Germany, who succeeded Honecker, opened the Wall, and fell in 50 days Political and party leadership · East Germany state institutions 1937–
Mengistu Haile Mariam መንግሥቱ ኃይለ ማርያም Consolidation of Derg rule Political and party leadership · Ethiopia state institutions 1937–
Marien Ngouabi Marien Ngouabi Founding of the Congolese people’s republic Political and party leadership · Republic of the Congo state institutions 1938–1977
Abdul Fattah Ismail عبد الفتاح إسماعيل Leader of South Yemen’s Socialist Party Political and party leadership · South Yemen state institutions 1939–1986
Ali Nasir Muhammad علي ناصر محمد South Yemeni policy conflict and the 1986 crisis Political and party leadership · South Yemen state institutions 1939–
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
Haile Fida ኃይሌ ፊዳ Ethiopian Marxist leader of MEISON and drafter of the Derg's national-democratic program Political and party leadership 1939–1979
Carlos Alberto Dilolwa Carlos Alberto da Rocha Oliveira Dilolwa Designer of Angolan economic planning and MPLA theorist Economy, finance and planning · Angola state institutions 1939–1996
Ali Salem al-Beidh علي سالم البيض The last leader of South Yemen Political and party leadership · Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 1939–2026
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas حيدر أبو بكر العطاس South Yemen's last head of state and the united republic's first prime minister Government and administration · Yemen state institutions 1939–
Joaquim Chissano Joaquim Chissano Mozambican rehabilitation and peace Government and administration · Mozambique state institutions 1939–
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow A Turkmen leader who turned late-Soviet rule into personal rule over an independent state Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–2006
Kim Jong Il 김정일 The successor between a Soviet birth record and the Paektu myth Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1941–2011
Walter Rodney Walter Rodney Guyanese Marxist historian who demonstrated how Europe underdeveloped Africa, scholar-activist of the Pan-African revolution Scholarship and theory 1942–1980
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
Jarallah Omar جار الله عمر Yemeni socialist politician and advocate of unity and pluralism Political and party leadership · Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 1942–2002
José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo dos Santos Angola after Neto Political and party leadership · Angola state institutions 1942–2022
Denis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso Congolese Labour Party and the oil state Political and party leadership · Republic of the Congo state institutions 1943–
Maurice Bishop Maurice Bishop The Caribbean revolutionary who cut illiteracy from 35% to 5% and declared 'we are not in anybody's backyard' Government and administration · Grenada state institutions 1944–1983
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
Mohammad Najibullah محمد نجیب‌الله The last communist president of Afghanistan, who outlasted the Soviet withdrawal by three years before the Taliban tortured and hanged him Political and party leadership · People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 1947–1996
Thomas Sankara Thomas Sankara The 'African Che' who traded the state Mercedes fleet for Renault 5s Government and administration · Burkina Faso state institutions 1949–1987
Sita Maria Dias Valles Sita Maria Dias Valles Angolan doctor and revolutionary killed in the 1977 Nitista purge Political and party leadership · Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) 1951–1977
Ch'oe Ch'ang-ik 최창익 Yan'an faction leader who drove the 1946 New People's Party merger and was purged in the August Faction Incident Political and party leadership · New People's Party of Korea 1896/1898–1957/1960
Mohamed Siad Barre Maxamed Siyaad Barre Somali military rule and socialism Government and administration · Somalia state institutions ?–1995
Pol Pot ប៉ុល ពត Leader of Democratic Kampuchea Political and party leadership · Democratic Kampuchea state institutions ?–1998
Paulo Jorge Paulo Teixeira Jorge MPLA diplomat and Angola's second foreign minister, a leading figure of the party's left wing Diplomacy and international organization · Angola state institutions 1934/1929–2010

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