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{{Infobox political party
| name = Angolan Communist Party<br>Partido Comunista Angolano
| colorcode = Red
|leader = [[Mário Pinto de Andrade]]<br>[[Joaquim Pinto de Andrade]]
| foundation = October 1955
|ideology = [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism-Leninism]]
| country = Angola
|merged = [[MPLA]]
|position = [[Far-left]]
}}
'''Angolan Communist Party''' (in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''Partido Comunista Angolano'') was an underground [[political party]] in [[Portuguese Angola]] (during the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|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, Icolo e Bengo|Catete]] and [[Malanje]].

In December 1956 it merged into the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ([[MPLA]]).<ref>Shantz, Jeff. [http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405184649_yr2010_chunk_g978140518464989 "Angolan national liberation, 1961–1974."] Blackwell Reference Online. Retrieved 29 January 2011.</ref>

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