Communist Party of Uzbekistan (1994)

Communist Party of Uzbekistan Oʻzbekiston kommunistik partiyasi
Abbreviation	OʻzKP, КПУз
General Secretary	Kaxramon Mahmudov
Founder	Kaxramon Mahmudov
Founded	1994
Banned	1994
Preceded by	Communist Party of Uzbek SSR
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia (de facto)
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Socialism Soviet patriotism Anti-clericalism[1][2]
Political position	Far-left
Regional affiliation	UCP–CPSU
Slogan	"Workers of the world, unite!" (Uzbek: «Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз!»)
Party flag
Website
skpkpss.ru/uzbekistan
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The Communist Party of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Ўзбекистон коммунистик партияси, romanized: Oʻzbekiston kommunistik partiyasi, Russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана) is a banned communist party in Uzbekistan, founded in 1994. The party considers itself the only and true successor of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR (as part of the CPSU), although on November 1, 1991, the former Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR was transformed into the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (XDP).^[3][4][5] Immediately after its creation, the party's activists tried to officially register the party in Uzbekistan, but in response, the registration of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan was rejected and the party was actually banned throughout Uzbekistan and outlawed.^[6] Many activists and party members were persecuted by the Uzbek authorities, and many were forced to flee the country, mainly to Russia. The founder and permanent leader (first secretary) of the party is Kakhraman Makhmudov^[7][8]