The Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan, ''Partiya Kommunistov Kirgizii'',

abbr. An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...

PKK is a

communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel ...

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 22 June 1992. It publishes the

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...

''Pravda Kyrgyzstana'' (russian: Правда Кыргызстана, lit=Truth of Kyrgyzstan). The party considers itself to be the successor of the

Communist Party of Kirghizia The Communist Party of Kirghizia (russian: Коммунистическая партия Киргизии, translit=Kommunisticheskaya partiya Kirgizii; ky, Кыргызстан Коммунисттик партиясы, translit=Kyrgyzstan Ko ...

, which ruled Kyrgyzstan during the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

era. It was the largest political party in the

Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan The Supreme Council ( ky, Жогорку Кеңеш, Zhogorku Kengesh, ; russian: Верховный Совет, ''Verkhovny Sovet'') is the unicameral Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic. It was known as the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz Soviet ...

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 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

and

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

. In the 2020 parliamentary election, party leader Iskhak Masaliyev ran on the

United Kyrgyzstan United Kyrgyzstan ( ky, Бүтүн Кыргызстан, Bütün Kyrgyzstan) is a nationalist political party in Kyrgyzstan founded in 2010. It is generally more popular in the south of the country. The party is led by Adakhan Madumarov, who unsuc ...

list. The party was formerly led by

Absamat Masaliyev Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev (Kyrgyz: Абсамат Масалиевич (Масалы уулу Масалиев, romanised: Absamat Masaliyevich (Masalı uulu) Masaliyev, russian: Абсамат Масалиевич Масалиев; 10 Apri ...

, a former leader of the

Kirghiz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...

during the Soviet era, until his death in 2004. The party's current chairman is Bumairam Mamaseitova.Kyrgyz Communist Party leader resigns after criminal charges
/ref>

Notes

References

External links

Official website (archive)
Political parties in Kyrgyzstan Communist parties in Kyrgyzstan

International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties Neo-Sovietism {{CP-stub