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Its authority was particularly evident in relations with the Communistparties in Eastern Europe and with the smaller parties of Western Europe and the western hemisphere.
The party's secretary-general from 1930 until 1964, Maurice Thorez, was briefly (1946-47) vice-premier of France; the party was led by Georges Marchais (1920-97) from 1972 to 1993.
Communistparties in the western hemisphere, except for those of Cuba and Nicaragua, are generally small and sometimes illegal.