Communist Party (Burma)

Communist Party (Burma)

ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ (ဗမာပြည်)
Communist Party (Burma) ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ (ဗမာပြည်)
Chairman	Thakin Soe
Founded	February 1946
Split from	Communist Party of Burma
Ideology	Communism;
Political position	Far-left
Party flag
	Politics of Myanmar; Political parties; Elections;

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The Communist Party (Burma) (Burmese: ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ (ဗမာပြည်)), sometimes referred to as the Red Flag Communist Party (Burmese: အလံနီကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ; RFCP), was a communist party in Burma. The party was formed after a more radical faction broke away from the Communist Party of Burma in 1946. In the same year, it began a protracted armed insurgency; first against British rule, then against the Burmese government. The party was led by Thakin Soe, a firebrand communist leader. In the 1970s, the party lost influence and was militarily defeated by 1978.