Communist Party of Bulgaria

Communist Party of Bulgaria
Комунистическа Партия на България
AbbreviationCPB
LeaderAleksandar Paunov
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Split fromBulgarian Socialist Party
Headquarters10th Building, Tsar Kaloyan St., Sofia
NewspaperRabotničeski vestnik
('Workers' Newspaper')
Membership (2017)20,000
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationBSP for Bulgaria (until 2021)
Neutral Bulgaria (2023-2024)
BSP – United Left (2024)
International affiliationIMCWP
Colours  Red
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 240
Seats in the European Parliament
0 / 17
Website
comparty.bg

The Communist Party of Bulgaria (CPB)[a] 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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  1. ^ a b "Leftist Parties of Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  2. ^ "Parliament.bg". Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. ^ "Прокуратурата публикува разговори между Васил Божков, Александър Паунов и Огнян Стефанов". bntnews.bg. bnt.
  4. ^ "Александър Паунов потвърди за разговора си с Божков, напуска групата на БСП". dariknews.bg. dariknews.