Editing One-party state (section)

==Current one-party states==
As of {{currentyear}}, the following countries are legally constituted as one-party states:
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!Country
!Head of party
!Leader title
!Party
!Ideology
!Date of establishment
!Duration
!Notes
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|{{flagicon image|Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg}} [[China]]<ref>{{Citation |title=China |date=2023-01-26 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/china/#government |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref>
|[[File:Xi Jinping in July 2024 (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] [[Xi Jinping]]
|[[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China|General Secretary]]
|{{CCP flag|Communist Party of China}}
|[[Socialism with Chinese characteristics]]
|1 October 1949
|{{ayd|1949|10|01}}
|[[List of political parties in China|Eight minor parties]] have legal status as part of the "[[United front (China)|united front]]" system, but their leadership is determined by the Chinese Communist Party's [[United Front Work Department]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3136835/communist-party-not-chinas-only-political-party-there-are-eight|title=Communist Party is not China's only political party – there are eight others|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=11 June 2021|access-date=18 September 2024|first=Eduardo|last=Baptista}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon image|Flag of Cuba.svg}} [[Cuba]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roman |first=Peter |title=People's Power: Cuba's Experience with Representative Government |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2003 |isbn=0-7425-2564-3 |pages=}}</ref>
|[[File:24.01.2023 - Encontro com o Presidente da República de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel - 52647526820 (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]]
|[[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba|First Secretary]]
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Communist Party of Cuba.svg}} [[Communist Party of Cuba]]
|[[Marxism–Leninism]], [[Castroism]], [[Guevarism]], [[Left-wing nationalism]]
|3 October 1965
|{{ayd|1961|04|16}}
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|{{flagicon image|Flag of Eritrea.svg}} [[Eritrea]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-17 |title=Eritreans hope for democracy after peace deal with Ethiopia |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44848184 |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref>
|[[File:Isaias Afwerki 2024 (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] [[Isaias Afwerki]]
|[[Party chair|Chairperson]]
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the EPLF.svg}} [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]]
|[[Eritrean nationalism]], [[Statism]]
|16 February 1994
|{{ayd|1994|02|16}}
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|{{flagicon image|Flag of Laos.svg}} [[Laos]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laos: Freedom in the World 2020 Country Report |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/laos/freedom-world/2020 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Freedom House |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith.jpg|100px|center]] [[Thongloun Sisoulith]]
|[[General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|General Secretary]]
|{{flagicon image|Flag of LPRP.svg}} [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]
|[[Kaysone Phomvihane Thought]]
|2 December 1975
|{{ayd|1975|12|02}}
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|{{flagicon image|Flag of North Korea.svg}} [[North Korea]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Korea: Country Profile |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/north-korea |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Freedom House |date=18 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Kim Jong-un April 2019 (cropped).jpg|100px|center]] [[Kim Jong-un]]
|[[General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea|General Secretary]]
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea.svg}} [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
|[[Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism]]
|9 September 1948
|{{ayd|1948|9|9}}
|[[List of political parties in North Korea|Two minor parties]] are legally recognised, but are under the control of the Workers' Party of Korea<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nknews.org/2014/11/being-a-minor-party-in-the-north/|title=Being a minor party in the North|first=Fyodor|last=Tertitskiy|date=26 November 2014|access-date=18 September 2024|publisher=NK News}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon image|Flag of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg}} [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]
|[[File:Brahim Ghali.jpg|100px|center]] [[Brahim Ghali]]
|[[Polisario Front#Structure|Secretary General]]
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg}} [[Polisario Front]]
|[[Sahrawi nationalism]], [[Arab socialism]]
|27 February 1976
|{{ayd|1976|02|27}}
|[[List of states with limited recognition|State with limited recognition]], headquartered in [[Algeria]]
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|{{flagicon image|Flag of Vietnam.svg}} [[Vietnam]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vietnam: Country Profile |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/vietnam |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Freedom House |date=30 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Tolam2024.jpg|100px|center]] [[Tô Lâm]]
|[[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam|General Secretary]]
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg}} [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
|[[Ho Chi Minh Thought]]
|2 September 1945{{NoteTag|Previously known as the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] from 2 September 1945 to 25 April 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bartleby.com/essay/How-Did-The-Vietnam-War-Affect-The-PJ7JU393ERV|title = How Did the Vietnam War Affect the Economy – 551 Words &#124; Bartleby}}</ref> [[Reunification Day|Reunified with]] the [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam|Republic of South Vietnam]] on 2 July 1976.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26937807|jstor = 26937807|last1 = Dror|first1 = Olga|title = Reviewed work: Vietnam: A Pathway from State Socialism, Thaveeporn Vasavakul|journal = Contemporary Southeast Asia|year = 2020|volume = 42|issue = 2|pages = 311–313|doi = 10.1355/cs42-2j|s2cid = 225324132}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/40931/ho-chi-minh-on-independence-and-freedom|title = Ho Chi Minh on Independence and Freedom - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung| date=29 August 2019 }}</ref>}}
|{{ayd|1945|09|02}}
|Two minor parties, the [[Democratic Party of Vietnam]] and [[Socialist Party of Vietnam]], had legal status within the [[Vietnam Fatherland Front]] until 1988
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