Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Soviet Union)

Communist Party of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы (Kazakh)
Коммунистическая партия Казахстана (Russian)
AbbreviationQKP
First leaderLevon Mirzoyan
Last leaderNursultan Nazarbayev
Founded5 December 1936;
87 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]