Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan

The Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan[lower-alpha 1] is a communist party in Kyrgyzstan, founded on 22 June 1992. It publishes the daily newspaper Pravda Kyrgyzstana (Russian: Правда Кыргызстана, lit. 'Truth of Kyrgyzstan'). The party considers itself to be the successor of the Communist Party of Kirghizia, which ruled Kyrgyzstan during the Soviet era.

This article is about the party founded in 1992. For the party founded in 1999, see Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan. For the party which governed the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, see Communist Party of Kirghizia.
Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz nameКыргызстан Коммунисттеринин Партиясы
Russian nameПартия Коммунистов Кыргызстана
Abbreviation
  • ПКК (Russian)
  • PKK (transliteration)
LeaderIskhak Masaliyev
ChairmanBumairam Mamaseitova
FounderAbsamat Masaliyev
Founded22 June 1992 (1992-06-22)
Preceded byCommunist Party of Kirghizia
HeadquartersBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
NewspaperPravda Kyrgyzstana
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationUnited Kyrgyzstan[1]
International affiliationIMCWP[2]
Continental affiliationUCP–CPSU
Supreme Council
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Party flag
Website
pkk.kg

History

It was the largest political party in the Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan between 2001 and 2005, with 15 of the 60 seats. In the 2005 parliamentary election it won 1 of the 75 seats. Two years later, the party took eight seats in the larger 90-seat Supreme Council. However, the party failed to win any seats in successive legislative elections held in 2010 and 2015. In the 2020 parliamentary election, party leader Iskhak Masaliyev ran on the United Kyrgyzstan list.

The party was formerly led by Absamat Masaliyev, a former leader of the Kirghiz SSR during the Soviet era, until his death in 2004. The party's current chairman is Bumairam Mamaseitova.[3]

Notes
    • Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан Коммунисттеринин Партиясы, Kyrgyzstan Kommunistterinin Partiyasy
    • Russian: Партия Коммунистов Кыргызстана, Partiya Kommunistov Kirgizii, abbr. PKK

References
  1. "Выборы-2020. Как может выглядеть предварительный состав парламента" [Elections 2020. What the preliminary composition of Parliament might look like] (in Russian). 5 October 2020.
  2. "20 IMCWP, Participants List". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. "Kyrgyz Communist Party leader resigns after criminal charges". Hurriyet Daily News. 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012.


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