Angolan Communist Party

Angolan Communist Party (in Portuguese: Partido Comunista Angolano) was an underground political party in Portuguese Angola (during the Estado Novo regime), founded in October 1955, under influence from the Portuguese Communist Party. PCA was led by the brothers Mário Pinto de Andrade and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade (a Catholic priest). PCA set up clandestine schools and libraries in Luanda, and established branches in Catete and Malanje.

Angolan Communist Party Partido Comunista Angolano
Leader	Mário Pinto de Andrade Joaquim Pinto de Andrade
Founded	October 1955
Merged into	MPLA
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism
Political position	Far-left
Politics of Angola Political parties Elections

In December 1956 it merged into the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).^[1]