Socialist Party of Tajikistan Ҳизби Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон | |
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Leader | Abduhalim Ghafarov |
Founded | 15 June 1996 |
Newspaper | Ittixod |
Ideology | Socialism |
Seats in the Assembly of Representatives | 1 / 63 |
The Socialist Party of Tajikistan ( Russian: Социалистическая партия Таджикистана, romanized: Sotsialisticheskaya partiya Tadzhikistana; Tajik: Ҳизби Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Hizbi Sotsialistii Tojikiston) is a political party in Tajikistan. The party was founded on 15 June 1996, and registered on 6 August the same year. [1] [2] [3] The party publishes Ittixod (Иттиход). [4] The chairman of the party, Safarali Kenjayev, was assassinated in Dushanbe in 1999. [5] Prior to his murder, there had been speculations that he might have intended to run for president. [6]
In early 2004, the party was divided, with two groups claiming the name 'Socialist Party of Tajikistan'. One group was led by Abduhalim Ghafarov, a Ministry of Education official, and Kurbon Vosiev, a presidential adviser. The other group was led by Mirhuseyn Narziev. The Ghafarov-led group, which supports the government, obtained the legal registration. [7] [8] [1]