| Revolutionary Vanguard (Communist Proletarian) | |
| Native Name: | Vanguardia Revolucionaria (Proletario Comunista) |
| Colorcode: | Darkred |
| Leader: | Julio César Mezzich |
| General Secretary: | Eduardo Figari |
| Foundation: | 1977 |
| Ideology: | Communism Marxism-Leninism Maoism |
| Country: | Peru |
| Abbreviation: | VR-PC |
| Split: | VR |
| Newspaper: | El Proletario Comunista |
| Position: | Far-left |
| National: | UNIR |
Revolutionary Vanguard (Communist Proletarian) (in Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Vanguardia Revolucionaria (Proletario Comunista), abbreviated VR-PC) was a Maoist-oriented political party in Peru founded in 1977 by Eduardo Figari and Julio César Mezzich. It was formed through a split in Revolutionary Vanguard. In 1978 a faction mainly active in the peasant movement around Mezzich and Lino Quintanillo left the VR-PC and most of its members joined individually the Shining Path.[1]
Figari served as the general secretary of the VR-PC.[2] In October 1979 VR-PC was a co-founder of the electoral coalition Revolutionary Left Union (UNIR).[3] [4] Spanish; Castilian: El Proletario Comunista was the organ of the Central Committee of VR-PC.[5]