Communist Party of Belarus

Communist Party of Belarus
Коммунистическая партия Беларуси
Камуністычная партыя Беларусі
AbbreviationCPB / КПБ
Secretary-GeneralSergei Syrankov
FoundersYefrem Sokolov
Viktor Chikin
Founded2 November 1996 (1996-11-02)
Split fromBelarusian Party of Communists
Headquarters21st Building, Chicherina St, Minsk
NewspaperCommunist Belarus
Youth wingCommunist Youth League
Membership (2011)6,000
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationRKSKPPGA
Regional affiliationUCP–CPSU
International affiliationIMCWP
Slogan"Democracy, Justice, Socialism!"
(Russian: «Народовластие, справедливость, социализм!»)
(Belarusian: «Народаўладдзе, справядлівасць, сацыялізм!»)
House of Representatives
7 / 110
Council of the Republic
17 / 64
Local seats
309 / 18,110
Party flag
Website
www.comparty.by

The Communist Party of Belarus (CPB or KPB; Russian: Коммунисти́ческая па́ртия Белару́си, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Belarusi; Belarusian: Камуністы́чная па́ртыя Белару́сі, romanized: Kamunistyčnaja Partyja Bielarusi) is a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Belarus. The party was created in 1996 and supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Sergei Syrankov. 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.