People's Republic

People's Republic (sometimes Popular Republic) is a title that is often used by Marxist-Leninist governments to describe their state. Currently there are five states in world that call themselves People's Republics: Algeria, Bangladesh, China, Laos, and North Korea.

Related Topics:
Marxist-Leninist - Algeria - Bangladesh - China - Laos - North Korea

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Examples include:

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• Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
• Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992)
• People's Republic of Albania (1946–1976)
• People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)
• People's Republic of Romania (1947–1965)
• People's Republic of China (1949– )
• People's Republic of Poland (1952–1989)
• People's Republic of South Yemen (1967–1970)
• People's Republic of Benin (1975–1990)
• People's Republic of the Congo (1970–1992)
• People's Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)
• People's Republic of Angola (1975–1992)
• People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)

Other Communist states are/were sometimes referred to as democratic republics (e.g. the German Democratic Republic), democratic people's republics (e.g. the Democratic People's Republic of Korea), or socialist republics (e.g., the Socialist Republic of Vietnam).

Related Topics:
Communist state - Democratic republic - German Democratic Republic - Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Socialist republic - Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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