Country Head of party Party Ideology Popular front Head of popular front Date of establishment Duration China Xi Jinping, General Secretary Communist Party of China Socialism with Chinese characteristics United Front Wang Yang, Chairman of National CPPCC You Quan, Head of the Department October 1, 1949 71 years, 146 days Cuba Raúl Castro, First Secretary Communist Party of Cuba Marxism–Leninism, Castroism January 1, 1959 62 years, 54 days Eritrea Isaias Afwerki, Chairperson People's Front for Democracy and Justice Eritrean nationalism, socialism May 24, 1993 27 years, 276 days Laos Bounnhang Vorachith, General Secretary Lao People's Revolutionary Party Marxism–Leninism Lao Front for National Construction Xaysomphone Phomvihane, President of the Standing Committee December 2, 1975 45 years, 84 days North Korea Kim Jong-un, Chairman Workers' Party of Korea Juche Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea Pak Myong-chol, President[3] October 10, 1945 75 years, 137 days Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Brahim Ghali, Secretary General Polisario Front Sahrawi nationalism, social democracy February 27, 1976 44 years, 363 days Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary Communist Party of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Thought Vietnamese Fatherland Front Trần Thanh Mẫn, Chairman April 30, 1975 45 years, 300 days