Communist Party of Belarus

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Communist Party of Belarus Коммунистическая партия Беларуси Камуністычная партыя Беларусі
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	1 / 64
Local seats	309 / 18,110
Party flag
Website
www.comparty.by
Politics of Belarus Political parties Elections

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.