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Communist Party of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы (Kazakh)
Коммунистическая партия Казахстана (Russian)
AbbreviationQKP
First leaderLevon Mirzoyan
Last leaderNursultan Nazarbayev
Founded5 December 1936;
88 years ago
 (1936-12-05)
Dissolved7 September 1991;
33 years ago
 (1991-09-07)
Succeeded bySocialist Party (de jure)
Communist Party (de facto)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
National affiliationCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Colours  Red

The Communist Party of Kazakhstan (QKP; Kazakh: Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы, Qazaqstan Kommunistık Partiasy) was the ruling and sole legal political party in the Kazakh SSR.[1]

Origin

The Communist Party of Kazakhstan was founded 1936, when Kazakhstan was granted a Union Republic status within the Soviet Union. The Communist Party of Kazakhstan had been a branch of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

April 24, 1990 from Art. 6 of the Constitution of the Kazakh SSR, the provision on the monopoly of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan on power was excluded.[2]

Post-Soviet restructuring

The 18th Congress of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, held on September 7, 1991, decided to dissolve the party.[3] The Socialist Party was created on its basis.[4][5] Nursultan Nazarbayev, chairman of the party, resigned after the failure of the August putsch in Moscow.[6] Dissatisfied members of the old Communist Party recreated the Communist Party of Kazakhstan in October 1991 at the 19th Congress of the party.

First Secretaries

No. Picture Name

(Birth–Death)

Took office Left office Political party
First Secretary
1 Levon Mirzoyan
(1897–1939)
5 December 1936 3 May 1938 QKP/CPSU
2 Nikolay Skvortsov
(1899–1974)
3 May 1938 14 September 1945 QKP/CPSU
3 Zhumabay Shayakhmetov
(1902–1966)
14 September 1945 6 March 1954 QKP/CPSU
4 Panteleimon Ponomarenko
(1902–1984)
6 March 1954 8 May 1955 QKP/CPSU
5 Leonid Brezhnev
(1906–1982)
8 May 1955 6 March 1956 QKP/CPSU
6 Ivan Yakovlev
(1910–1999)
6 March 1956 26 December 1957 QKP/CPSU
7 Nikolay Belyaev
(1903–1966)
26 December 1957 19 January 1960 QKP/CPSU
8 Dinmukhamed Kunaev
(1912–1993)
19 January 1960 26 December 1962 QKP/CPSU
9 Ismail Yusupov
(1914–2005)
26 December 1962 7 December 1964 QKP/CPSU
10 Dinmukhamed Kunaev
(1912–1993)
7 December 1964 16 December 1986 QKP/CPSU
11 Gennady Kolbin
(1927–1998)
16 December 1986 22 June 1989 QKP/CPSU
12 Nursultan Nazarbayev
(born 1940)
22 June 1989 28 August 1991 QKP/CPSU

See also

References