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| Abbreviation | KPK |
|---|---|
| First Secretary of the Central Committee | Toleubek Makhzhanov |
| Founded | 16 October 1991 (34 years, 9 days) |
| Banned | 4 September 2015 (10 years, 51 days) |
| Preceded by | Communist Party of Kazakhstan |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Continental affiliation | UCP–CPSU |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Website | |
| comparty.kz (archived) | |
TheCommunist Party of Kazakhstan (Kazakh:Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы,Qazaqstan Kommunistık partiasy) is a bannedMarxist–Leninist political party inKazakhstan.[1]
The Communist Party of Kazakhstan was founded 1936, whenKazakhstan was granted a Union Republic status within theSoviet Union. The Communist Party of Kazakhstan had been a branch ofCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until thedissolution of the Soviet Union.
The 18th Congress of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan took a decision to rename the Communist Party as the Socialist Party and split from CPSU.Nursultan Nazarbayev, the party chairman, resigned when he became the firstPresident of Kazakhstan in 1991. Dissatisfied members of the old Communist Party recreated the Communist Party of Kazakhstan in October 1991 at the 19th Congress of the party. The KPK was officially registered on 27 August 1998. The Communist Party of Kazakhstan has a well-established party structure with offices in all of the oblasts. The KPK was estimated to have around 70,000 members.[2] KPK largely appealed to above-middle age segment of the population especially in urban areas who have anostalgia for the Soviet Union.[3] The leader of the KPK wasSerikbolsyn Abdildin, a respected, old generation politician in Kazakhstan.
In the mid 1990s, the KPK participated in opposition coalition movementsAzamat andPokolenie ("Generation"). In 1996, KPK initiated unregistered "National-Patriotic Movement-Republic". In February 1998, it joined the opposition blocPeople’s Front of Kazakhstan.[4]
The party became split on 13 April 2004, when a group led byVladislav Kosarev started accusing party First SecretarySerıkbolsyn Äbdıldin of accepting money from questionable sources. The splinter party, theCommunist People's Party of Kazakhstan, initially failed to meet 50,000 membership requirement to be officially registered but is now represented in the legislature.
At the lastlegislativeelections, 19 September and 3 October 2004, an alliance of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and theDemocratic Choice of Kazakhstan won 3.4% of the popular vote and no seats. At 4 December 2005 presidential elections, Communist Party of Kazakhstan,Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan and theNaghyz Ak Zhol formed a coalition movementFor a Just Kazakhstan and supportedZharmakhan Tuyakbay as presidential candidate.
Party activities were suspended in 2012 by a regional court because of alleged cooperation with the banned party Alga! which has links to fugitive politicianMukhtar Ablyazov.[5]
The party was banned in 2015 by the Almaty city court because the number of party members was below the legal number of 40,000. The sentence was denounced as politically motivated by the party leaders, and was condemned by theCommunist Party of Greece (KKE), theRussian Communist Workers' Party (RKRP) and theCommunist Party in Turkey (KP).[6] The KKE delegation in theEuropean Parliament denounced the ban to theHigh Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyFederica Mogherini, asking her opinion about the ban of the party and the restrictions to political activities in Kazakhstan.[7]
However, the legality of the sentence was defended by thePeople's Party of Kazakhstan (KNPK), whose leadership accused the QHP of ignorance of the law. Despite having previously protested against the ban on theCommunist Party of Ukraine (KPU), theCommunist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) released no official statement on the matter.[8]
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