Communist Party of Belarus
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The Communist Party of Belarus (CPB; Russian: Коммунисти́ческая па́ртия Белару́си, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Belarusi; Belarusian: Камуністы́чная па́ртыя Белару́сі, romanized: Kamunistyčnaja Partyja Bielarusi) is a communist[3] and Marxist–Leninist[3] political party in Belarus. The party was created in 1996 and supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.[4] The leader of the party is Aliaksiej Sokal.[5] The party has had more seats in the National Assembly of Belarus than any other party since the 2000 Belarusian parliamentary election, the first national election it participated in. However, most seats in the Belarusian legislature are held by independent politicians.
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Communist Party of Belarus Коммунистическая партия Беларуси Камуністычная партыя Беларусі | |
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Abbreviation | CPB / КПБ |
Secretary-General | Aliaksiej Sokal |
Founders | Yefrem Sokolov Viktor Chikin |
Founded | 2 November 1996; 27 years ago (1996-11-02)[1] |
Split from | Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" |
Headquarters | 21st Building, Chicherina St, Minsk, Belarus |
Newspaper | Communist Belarus |
Youth wing | Communist Youth League |
Membership (2011) | 6,000[2][needs update] |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism Belarusian–Russian unionism Pro-Lukashenko |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | RKSKPPGA |
Regional affiliation | UCP–CPSU |
International affiliation | IMCWP |
Slogan | "Democracy, Justice, Socialism!" (Russian: «Народовластие, справедливость, социализм!») |
House of Representatives | 7 / 110 |
Council of the Republic | 17 / 64 |
Local seats | 309 / 18,110 |
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