Respublika () is a political party in

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

. The party was formed in June 2010. Founded by

Ömürbek Babanov Ömürbek Toktogulovich Babanov (born 20 May 1970) is a Kyrgyz businessman and politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan briefly from 2011 to 2012. Owner of Mbank and of Asia Cement, a company that co-operates with the Russ ...

, he served as its chairman until 2014, and during this time the party had a

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orientation. In 2014, the party merged with

Ata-Zhurt Ata-Zhurt or Ata-Jurt ( ; ) is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Its political base is in the south of the country, but the party is headquartered in its capital Bishkek. In 2014, it merged with the Respublika party to create Respublika–Ata Z ...

to create

Respublika–Ata Zhurt Respublika–Ata Zhurt (, sometimes spelled as Respublika–Ata Jurt) was a Kyrgyz political party that was created after the merger of the Respublika and Ata-Zhurt Ata-Zhurt or Ata-Jurt ( ; ) is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Its polit ...

. However, the two parties ended up splitting back in 2020. The party campaigned for the 2010 parliamentary elections on a platform stressing the ethnic diversity of Kyrgyzstan, and is in favor of a

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, as well as reducing the number of MPs from 120 to 75.

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Political parties in Kyrgyzstan Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Kyrgyzstan Classical liberal parties {{Kyrgyzstan-party-stub