Ar-Namys ( ky, Ар-Намыс, meaning ''Dignity'') is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

founded on July 9, 1999, by former Prime Minister

Felix Kulov Felix Sharshenbayevich Kulov (russian: Феликс Шаршенбаевич Кулов; ky, Феликс Шаршенбаевич (Шаршенбай уулу) Кулов, Feliks Sharshenbayevich (Sharshenbay uulu) Kulov; born 29 October 1948) ...

. The party quickly became the nation's leading opposition party but was barred from the 2000 parliamentary elections. However, since the party was barred its members formed a bloc with the

Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan is a political party active in Kyrgyzstan. The party's Chairman is Jypar Jeksheev (Jypar Jekshe), who is also the founder of the movement. The party was founded on June 27, 1993 with Jeksheev as chairman until 2000, ...

. With Kulov serving time for criminal charges, the party's members worked over the next years to both clear his name and establish a broad opposition coalition. In 2001 the party formed the People's Congress of Kyrgyzstan an

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ...

with three other opposition parties. Kulov was chosen as the chairman. However, in 2004 the party joined the

For Fair Elections For Fair Elections was an electoral alliance formed by four opposition parties in Kyrgyzstan. It was formed on May 20, 2004, in preparation for the February 2005 parliamentary elections. Former Security Council secretary Misir Ashyrkulov was chos ...

alliance, in preparation for the February 2005 parliamentary elections. Ar-Namys received the votes of 7.74% of eligible voters in the 2010 parliamentary elections, giving it 25 of 120 seats in parliament. This result made the party the third of five parties to surpass the support threshold of 5% of eligible voters necessary to enter parliament. It lost all its seats in the 2015 parliamentary elections.

External links

Ar-Namys home page
Political parties in Kyrgyzstan Political parties established in 1999 1999 establishments in Kyrgyzstan {{Kyrgyzstan-party-stub