Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Soviet Union)
The Communist Party of Kazakhstan (QKP; Kazakh: Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы, Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy; Russian: Коммунистическая партия Казахстана) was the ruling and sole legal political party in the Kazakh SSR.[1]
Communist Party of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy | |
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Abbreviation | QKP |
First leader | Levon Mirzoyan |
Last leader | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Founded | 1936 |
Dissolved | 7 September 1991 |
Succeeded by | Socialist Party (de jure) Communist Party (de facto) |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
National affiliation | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Colours | Red |
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.
Post-Soviet restructuring
The 18th Congress of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan held on 7 September 1991 took a decision to rename the Communist Party as the Socialist Party and split from CPSU.[2] Nursultan Nazarbayev, the party chairman, resigned when he became the first President of Kazakhstan in 1991. 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 |
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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
(?-?) |
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 | 7 September 1991 | QKP/CPSU |
- Levon Mirzoyan (5 December 1936 – 3 May 1938)
- Nikolay Skvortsov (3 May 1938 – 14 September 1945)
- Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (14 September 1945 – 6 March 1954)
- Panteleimon Ponomarenko (6 March 1954 – 8 May 1955)
- Leonid Brezhnev (8 May 1955 – 6 March 1956)
- Ivan Yakovlev (6 March 1956 – 26 December 1957)
- Nikolay Belyayev (26 December 1957 – 19 January 1960)
- Dinmukhamed Kunayev (19 January 1960 – 26 December 1962)
- Ismail Yusupov (26 December 1962 – 7 December 1964)
- Dinmukhamed Kunayev (7 December 1964 – 16 December 1986)
- Gennady Kolbin (16 December 1986 – 22 June 1989)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev (22 June 1989 – 7 September 1991)
References
- Коммунистическую партию Казахстана ликвидировали по решению суда
- Ro'i, Yaacov (2004). Democracy and Pluralism in Muslim Eurasia. Frank Cass. p. 157.