List of political parties in Kyrgyzstan
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Political parties in Kyrgyzstan now have greater political power and freedom to campaign than at any previous time in the history of the nation
. During the Akayev administration
's rule, opposition parties were allowed, but were widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. The Tulip Revolution
brought an authentic multi-party system
to Kyrgyzstan
.
History of Kyrgyzstan
-Early history:Stone implements found in the Tian Shan mountains indicate the presence of human society in what is now Kyrgyzstan as many as 200,000 to 300,000 years ago...
. During the Akayev administration
Askar Akayev
Askar Akayevich Akayev served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until his overthrow in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution....
's rule, opposition parties were allowed, but were widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. The Tulip Revolution
Tulip Revolution
The Tulip Revolution or First Kyrgyz Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005...
brought an authentic multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
to Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
.
The parties
- Agrarian Labor Party of Kyrgyzstan
- Agrarian Party of Kyrgyzstan
- Ak ZholAk Zhol (Kyrgyzstan)Ak Jol is a Kyrgyz political party founded by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on 15 October 2007 to contest the parliamentary election to be held in December 2007.It gained 71 of the 90 seats and was one the three parties to enter in the parliament....
- Alga Kyrgyzstan (Forward Kyrgyzstan) Party
- Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party
- Ata-Jurt (Fatherland)
- Ata-Meken (Fatherland) Socialist Party
- Banner National Revival Party
- BerenBeren (political party)Beren is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. The party was registered on December 30, 2006, by former members of the Ar-Namys party, and advocates a parliamentary form of government....
- Communist Party of KyrgyzstanCommunist Party of KyrgyzstanThe Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. KPK was founded on August 21, 1999, following a split in the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan.KPK did not participate in the 2000 parliamentary elections....
- Democratic Movement of KyrgyzstanDemocratic Movement of KyrgyzstanDemocratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan is a political party currently active in Kyrgyzstan. The party's current Chairman is Jypar Jeksheev , who is also the founder of the movement...
- Democratic Women's Party of Kyrgyzstan
- Erkin Kyrgyzstan Progressive and Democratic Party
- Hizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...
- Justice Party
- Movement for the People's Salvation
- Mutual Help Movement
- My Country Party of Action
- National Unity Democratic Movement
- Party of Communists of KyrgyzstanParty of Communists of KyrgyzstanThe Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan 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...
- Party of the Veterans of the War in Afghanistan
- Peasant Party
- People's Party
- Republican Party of Kyrgyzstan
- Respublika Party of KyrgyzstanRespublika Party of KyrgyzstanRespublika is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Its current Chairman and founder is Omurbek Babanov, one of the richest people in Kyrgyzstan. The party was formed in June 2010....
- Social Democratic Party of KyrgyzstanSocial Democratic Party of KyrgyzstanSocial Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Members formed the party on 1 October 1993, but did not register with the Justice Ministry until 16 December 1994...
- Union of Democratic Forces
See also
- Politics of KyrgyzstanPolitics of KyrgyzstanThe Politics of Kyrgyzstan takes place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is head of state and the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan is head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government...
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