People's Party of Kazakhstan
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The People's Party of Kazakhstan[n 1] is a left-wing social democratic political party in Kazakhstan, chaired by Ermūhamet Ertısbaev. The secretaries of the central committee are Turgyn Syzdyqov, Gauhar Nugmanova, Viktor Smirnov and Jambyl Ahmetbekov.[1]
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Abbreviation | QHP (Kazakh) НПК (Russian) |
Chairman | Ermūhamet Ertısbaev |
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Parliamentary chair | Magherram Magherramov [ru] |
Founders | Vladislav Kosarev Töleş Kenjïn [ru] Alexander Kholodkov |
Founded | 13 April 2004; 20 years ago (2004-04-13) (as the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan) |
Registered | 21 June 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06-21) |
Split from | Communist Party of Kazakhstan |
Headquarters | Qabanbai Batyr avenue, Astana |
Membership (2008) | 56,292 |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Until 2020: Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Political position | Left-wing Until 2020: Far-left |
National affiliation | People's Coalition |
Colours | Red |
Mäjilis | 5 / 98 |
Regional mäslihats | 7 / 489 |
Municipal mäslihats | 79 / 2,757 |
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The party was founded as the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (QKHP)[n 2] on 13 April 2004. It was registered on 21 June 2004; the party had 90,000 members at the time of registration. Following the 2004 elections to the Mazhilis the party received 1.98% of total votes. In the 2007 elections to the Mazhilis the party won 1.29% of the votes and did not pass the electoral threshold. The QKHP was elected to parliament in the 2012 legislative election.[2]
The party is loyal to incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and is a part of the pro-Tokayev People's Coalition.[3]