Spanish Communist Party

For the current organisation, see Communist Party of Spain.

The Spanish Communist Party (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Español), was the first communist party in Spain, formed out of the Federación de Juventudes Socialistas (Federation of Socialist Youth, youth wing of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party). The founders of the party, that had belonged to the left-wing within the FJS, included Ramón Merino Gracia, Eduardo Ugarte, Pedro Illescasm Luis Portela, Tiburicio Pico, and Rito Estaban.^[1] Partido Comunista Español was formed on April 15, 1920. Its organ was called El Comunista.

Spanish Communist Party Partido Comunista Español
Founded	15 April 1920
Dissolved	14 November 1921
Merged into	Communist Party of Spain
Newspaper	El Comunista
Ideology	Marxism Communism
International affiliation	Communist International
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

Soon after its formation, on November 14, 1921, the party merged with Partido Comunista Obrero Español (Spanish Communist Workers' Party) and formed the Communist Party of Spain.