Not to be confused with the Bulgarian Communist Party.
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Communist Party of Bulgaria
Комунистическа Партия на България
Abbreviation
CPB
Leader
Aleksandar Paunov
Founded
1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Split from
Bulgarian Socialist Party
Headquarters
10th Building, Tsar Kaloyan St., Sofia
Newspaper
Rabotnicheski vestnik ("Workers' newspaper")
Membership (2017)
20,000
Ideology
Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position
Far-left
National affiliation
BSP for Bulgaria (until 2021) Neutral Bulgaria (2024)
International affiliation
IMCWP
Colours
Red
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 240
Seats in the European Parliament
0 / 17
Website
comparty.bg
Politics of Bulgaria
Political parties
Elections
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.
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]
The party came under fire during the 2020 protests, when it was alleged that first secretary, Aleksandar Paunov, had had a phone call with convicted businessman Vasil Bozhkov. [3] Alexander Paunov went on to admit that the conversation took place, however denied any wrongdoing. [4] This led to Alexander Paunov being asked to leave the BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group, of which he was a part, becoming an independent MP.
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