Communist Party of Belarus
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The Communist Party of Belarus is a political party
in Belarus
, that supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
. It was created in 1996. The leader of the party is Tatsyana Holubeva.
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 is 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.
As a member of the world Communist movement, the CPB 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."
The KPB obtained 5.99% and 8 seats during the 13 and 17 October 2004 Belarus House of Representative election
.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, that supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has been serving as the President of Belarus since 20 July 1994. Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm. Under Lukashenko's rule, Belarus has come to be viewed as a state whose conduct is out of line...
. It was created in 1996. The leader of the party is Tatsyana Holubeva.
The party suggested merging with the Party of Communists of Belarus
Party of Communists of Belarus
The Belarusian United Left Party "Fair World" or the Belarusian Party of United LeftistsA Just World, known until October 2009 as the Party of Belarusian Communists , is a left-wing political party in Belarus, which opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.Founded as the Party of...
(PKB) on July 15, 2006. While the Communist Party of Belarus is a pro-presidential party, the Party of Communists of Belarus is 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.
As a member of the world Communist movement, the CPB 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."
The KPB obtained 5.99% and 8 seats during the 13 and 17 October 2004 Belarus House of Representative election
Belarusian parliamentary election, 2004
Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 17 October 2004, with a second round of voting in two constituencies on 27 October, and a third round in one on 20 March 2005. The vast majority of successful candidates, 97 of 109, were independents...
.