Communist Party of Bulgaria

The Communist Party of Bulgaria (CPB, Bulgarian: Комунистическа Партия на България, КПБ, romanized: Komunisticheska Partiya na Bǎlgariya, KPB) is a communist party in Bulgaria, currently led by Aleksandar Paunov.

Communist Party of Bulgaria
Комунистическа Партия на България
AbbreviationCPB
LeaderAleksandar Paunov
Founded1996 (1996)
Split fromBulgarian Socialist Party
Headquarters10th Building, Tsar Kaloyan St., Sofia
NewspaperRabotnicheski vestnik ("Workers' newspaper")
Membership (2017)20,000
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationBSP for Bulgaria
International affiliationIMCWP
Colours  Red
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 240
Seats in the European Parliament
0 / 17
Website
comparty.bg

The party was founded in 1996 as the Communist Party.[1]

Since 2001, it is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The party publishes the newspaper Rabotnicheski Vestnik.[1] In the 2014 parliamentary election, the Coalition for Bulgaria received 15.4% of the popular vote and 39 out of 240 seats. The party remains represented in Parliament within the coalition after the 2017 election.[2]

References

  1. "Leftist Parties of Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  2. "Parliament.bg".
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