Communist Party of Belarus
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Communist Party of Belarus Камуністы́чная па́ртыя Белару́сі | |
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| Russian name | Коммунистическая партия Белоруссии |
| Leader | Tatsyana Holubeva |
| Secretary-General | Igor Karpenko |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Split from | Party of Communists of Belarus |
| Headquarters | Minsk |
| Membership (2011) | 6,000[1] |
| Ideology | Communism[2] Marxism–Leninism[2] |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Regional affiliation | Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties |
| House of Representatives | 8 / 110 |
| Council of the Republic | 17 / 64 |
| Local seats | 309 / 18,110 |
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The Communist Party of Belarus (Belarusian: Камуністы́чная па́ртыя Белару́сі, romanized: Kamunistyčnaja Partyja Bielarusi; Russian: Коммунисти́ческая па́ртия Белару́си, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Belarusi) is a communist,[2] Marxist–Leninist[2] political party in Belarus.
The party was created in 1996 and supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.[3] The leader of the party is Tatsyana Holubeva.
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Overview[edit]
The party suggested merging with the Party of Communists of Belarus (PKB) on July 15, 2006. While the Communist Party of Belarus is a pro-presidential party, the Party of Communists of Belarus was one of the major opposition parties in Belarus. According to Sergey Kalyakin, the chairman of the PKB, the so-called "re-unification" of the two parties was a plot designed to oust the opposition PKB.[4]
The main foreign policy goal of strengthening the party proclaimed national security through the development of Belarus-Russia Union State and the phase reconstruction voluntarily renewed Union nations, strengthening its political and economic independence.
As a member of the world Communist movement, the KPB enjoys relations with other communist parties in the region and throughout the world to a much greater extent than the PKB, which many in the region have considered "pro-Western."
At the 2004 parliamentary election, the KPB obtained 5.99% and 8 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives, in 2008 merely 6 seats and even less in 2012 with 3 seats. Still, because of the party's support for President Lukashenko, 17 of its members were appointed by him in the upper house, the Council of the Republic, in 2012.
As a result of elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the Republic of Belarus in 2014, the party gained 5 seats.
Electoral history[edit]
House of Representatives elections[edit]
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 2000 | - | Unknown | Unknown | 6 / 260
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| 2004 | Tatiana Golubeva | 334,383 | 5.31% | 8 / 110
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| 2008 | Igor Karpenko | 229,986 | 4.27% | 6 / 110
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| 2012 | Igor Karpenko | 141,095 | 2.69% | 3 / 110
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| 2016 | Igor Karpenko | 380,770 | 7.40% | 8 / 110
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References[edit]
- ^ http://russian.people.com.cn/31519/7395562.html
- ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ^ European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity Archived 2014-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kalyakin: Merger of Communist Parties Is Belarusian Secret Services’ Invention Archived 2006-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, Charter'97 :: News :: 08/06/2006
External links[edit]
- Official website
(in Russian)
| Parties loyal to President Alexander Lukashenko | ||
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| United Democratic Forces | ||
| Belarusian Independence Bloc | ||
| Other oppositional parties not involved in coalitions | ||
| Former parties | ||
