Communist Party of Moldavia#First Secretaries

{{Short description|Soviet political party (1940–1991)}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Communist Party of Moldavia

| native_name = Partidul Comunist al Moldovei

| logo = Emblem of the Moldavian SSR (1981-1990).svg

| colorcode = {{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}

| flag = Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990).svg

| president =

| foundation = {{start date|1940|8|15|df=yes}}

| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Communism|Marxism–Leninism|Moldovenism{{cite web | url=https://europunkt.ro/2020/05/06/conceptul-de-moldovenism-ca-exemplu-de-manipulare-istorica-in-viata-politica/ | title=Conceptul de moldovenism ca exemplu de manipulare istorică în viața politică | date=6 May 2020 }}}}

| position = Far-left

| headquarters = Chişinău

| country = Moldova

| parliament_leader =

| banned = {{end date|1991|8|23|df=yes}}

| national = Communist Party of the Soviet Union

| european =

| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|border=darkgray}} Red

| predecessor = Moldavia Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

| successor = Agrarian Party of Moldova (legal successor){{cite web |last=Cimpoesu |first=Dorin |title=Evoluţia şi trăsăturile regimului politic post-totalitardin Republica Moldova (1990-2012) |url=https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/6.Evolutia%20si%20trasaturile%20regimului%20politi%20post_totalitar%20din%20RM.pdf |language=ro}}
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (claimed but not the legal successor)

| website =

}}

The Communist Party of Moldavia ({{langx|ro|Partidul Comunist al Moldovei}}, PCM, Moldovan Cyrillic: {{lang|ro|Партидул Комунист ал Молдовей}}; {{langx|ru|Коммунистическая партия Молдавии|translit=Kommunisticheskaya partiya Moldavii}}) was the ruling and sole legal political party of the Moldavian SSR. It was one of the fifteen republic-level parties that formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. During World War II, it was the driving force of the Moldovan resistance against Axis occupation.

The party began to weaken politically during the Perestroika period, which was marked by riots against Soviet rule.{{cite web|url=http://basarabialiterara.com.md/?p=3231|title=Ion Costaş: 7 APRILIE 2009 NE AMINTEŞTE DE 10 NOIEMBRIE 1989|date=28 February 2010|language=ro|publisher=BasarabiaLiterară.ro|access-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815193447/http://basarabialiterara.com.md/?p=3231|archive-date=15 August 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.europalibera.org/content/article/1871579.html|title=Igor Cașu, Chişinău 7 noiembrie 1989: "Jos dictatura comunistă!"|newspaper=Radio Europa Liberă |date=7 November 2009|language=ro|publisher=Radio Free Europe|access-date=21 March 2012|archive-date=30 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330020430/http://www.europalibera.org/content/article/1871579.html|url-status=live|last1=Caşu |first1=Igor }} The party leader, Semion Grossu was replaced with Petru Lucinschi on 16 November 1989.Publika TV, [http://www.publika.md/file-din-istorie-1989-anul-anti-7noiembrie-la-chisinau_134401.html File din istorie: 1989 - anul anti-7noiembrie la Chişinău] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083442/http://www.publika.md/file-din-istorie-1989-anul-anti-7noiembrie-la-chisinau_134401.html |date=24 September 2015 }} {{in lang|ro}}

The Communist Party was banned on 23 August 1991;{{Cite web |url=https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=61312&lang=ro |title=сu privire la Partidul Comunist din Moldova |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929204809/https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?lang=ro&doc_id=61312 |url-status=live }} subsequently, on 27 August, Moldova declared Independence and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic came to an end. On 7 September 1993, the Parliament of Moldova lifted the ban on communist activities.