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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–
Haile Fida ኃይሌ ፊዳ Ethiopian Marxist leader of MEISON and drafter of the Derg's national-democratic program Political and party leadership 1939–1979
Ali Salem al-Beidh علي سالم البيض The last leader of South Yemen Political and party leadership · Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 1939–2026
Joaquim Chissano Joaquim Chissano Mozambican rehabilitation and peace Government and administration · Mozambique state institutions 1939–
Jumber Ilyich Patiashvili ჯუმბერ ილიას ძე პატიაშვილი The Georgian First Secretary who asked Moscow for troops, then resigned after 21 died Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–
Yuri Anatolyevich Prokofyev Юрий Анатольевич Прокофьев A Moscow party organizer at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев Kazakhstan's thirty-year ruler, defender of the union to its last day Political and party leadership · Kazakhstan state institutions 1940–
Pyotr Luchinsky Petru Lucinschi A politician who moved from Soviet party leadership to Moldova's presidency Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–
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
Lembit Annus Lembit Annus An Estonian communist leader who chose to preserve the Soviet Union Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2018
Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко The last Soviet culture minister Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2020
Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs The Communist Party secretary who led Latvia's Supreme Council through the restoration of independence Legislature and state representation · Latvia state institutions 1942–
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
Alexander Mitrofanovich Obolensky Александр Митрофанович Оболенский The engineer who became the first person in Soviet history to run against a sitting General Secretary Political and party leadership 1943–
Denis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso Congolese Labour Party and the oil state Political and party leadership · Republic of the Congo state institutions 1943–
Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari The last Soviet-aligned communist leader of Estonia amid a party split Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1944–
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
Givi Grigorievich Gumbaridze Гиви Григорьевич Гумбаридзе A Georgian party official at the edge of Soviet collapse Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1945–
Jahangir Movsum oglu Muslimzade Cahangir Mövsüm oğlu Müslümzadə The Sumgait party boss handed a flag and photographed at the head of the mob Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Mikhail Semyonovich Surkov Михаил Семёнович Сурков A party cadre who moved from army organization to the late Soviet Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Dzhumgalbek Beksultan uulu Amanbayev Жумгалбек Бексултан уулу Аманбаев A Kyrgyz party leader at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1946–2005
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
Viktor Imantovich Alksnis Виктор Имантович Алкснис Leader of the Soyuz faction who nearly turned a parliamentary session into a constitutional coup Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1950–2025
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
Dambadorj Дамбадорж MPRP leader who joined the Danzan purge and was later expelled as a rightist Political and party leadership · Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party ?–1934
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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