Communist Party of Bulgaria
Комунистическа Партия на България
AbbreviationCPB
LeaderAleksandar Paunov
Founded1996 (1996)
Split fromBulgarian Socialist Party
Headquarters10th Building, Tsar Kaloyan St., Sofia
NewspaperRabotnicheski vestnik ("Workers' newspaper")
Membership (2017)20,000
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationBSP for Bulgaria (until 2021)
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, Bulgarian: Комунистическа Партия на България, КПБ, romanized: Komunisticheska Partiya na Bǎlgariya, KPB) 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 secreatary, 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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