member of the Communist Party

A member of the Communist Party before the dissolution of communism, he took a law degree in 1986 and was first elected to Slovakia’s parliament in 1992 as a member of the Party of the Democratic Left.

She met Ben Barzman at a party to support Russian war relief, married him in 1943, and soon after joined him as a member of the Communist Party.

Just months after becoming chancellor, Young famously refused to fire political activist Angela Davis, then an acting professor in UCLA’s philosophy department, despite pressure from the regents after they learned she was a member of the Communist Party.

Just months after becoming chancellor, Young famously refused to fire political activist Angela Davis, then a professor in UCLA’s philosophy department despite pressure from the regents after they learned she was a member of the Communist Party.

And as a member of the Communist Party's 24-man ruling Politburo, Wang is a diplomat with arguably more sway with China's top leaders than his predecessor.