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Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan

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Leader
  
Iskhak Masaliyev

Founded
  
22 June 1992

Political position
  
Far-left

Chairman
  
Bumairam Mamaseitova

Headquarters
  
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan

Ideology
  
Communism, Marxism–Leninism

The Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan (Russian: Партия Коммунистов Киргизии Partiya Kommunistov Kirgizii; Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан Коммунисттеринин Партиясы Kyrgyzstan Kommunistterinin Partiyasy) is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. PKK was founded on June 22, 1992.

It was the largest single party in the Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan between 2001 and 2005 with 15 of the 60 seats. Since 2005 it has only 1 of 75 seats. It was led by Absamat Masaliyev, a former leader of the republic in the Soviet era, until his death in 2004. The present chairman is Bumairam Mamaseitova.

PKK publishes Pravda Kyrgyzstana.

The party considers itself to be the successor of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, the Communist Party which controlled Kyrgyzstan under Soviet rule.

References

Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Wikipedia