Malagasy Revolutionary Party

Malagasy Revolutionary Party Antoko Revolisionera Malagasy
Abbreviation	AREMA
Founded	30 November 1976
Political orientation	1976–92: Marxism–Leninism Communism Scientific socialism 1992–present: Social democracy Eco-socialism

The Malagasy Revolutionary Party, better known by its Malagasy acronym AREMA (from Antoko Revolisionera Malagasy), is a bourgeois social-democratic political party in Madagascar. From 1976 until 1992, it was the Marxist–Leninist vanguard party and sole ruling-party of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar.

As the vanguard of the Malagasy working class, AREMA espoused communism and adhered to Marxism–Leninism and scientific socialism. The party maintained close relations with other communist parties around the world, particularly the Workers' Party of Korea. Didier Ratsiraka expressed strong sympathies and support for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. After the dissolution of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar and the country's adoption of a multi-party system, AREMA began to move towards a more opportunist and reformist left position. The party currently describes itself as "a humanist and ecological social democratic party". The stated goals of the party are to "build healthy and solid foundations for the construction of a social democracy which guarantees sustained and sustainable growth", and to "consolidate and maintain the independence of Madagascar and the freedom of the Malagasy people, for a just and equitable nation".