The Ata-Meken Socialist Party ( ky, Ата-Мекен Социалисттик Партиясы, Ata-Meken Sotsialisttik Partiyası, lit=Fatherland Socialist Party; sometimes shortened to simply Ata-Meken) is a

social-democratic Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

. Its current Chairman and founder is

Omurbek Tekebayev Omurbek Chirkeshovich Tekebayev (Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz: Өмүрбек Чиркешович (Чиркеш уулу) Текебаев, ''Ömürbek Çirkeşoviç (Çirkeş uulu) Tekebayev'') is a Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz politician. He was Speaker (poli ...

, who is a former speaker of the

Kyrgyz Parliament The Supreme Council ( ky, Жогорку Кеңеш, Zhogorku Kengesh, ; russian: Верховный Совет, ''Verkhovny Sovet'') is the unicameral Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic. It was known as the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz Soviet S ...

. The party was registered on December 16, 1992, following a split between Tekebayev (as well as more moderate party members) and the conservative

Erkin Kyrgyzstan Erkin is a masculine given name which is also used as a surname. People with the name include: Given name *Erkin Abdulla (born 1978), Uyghur pop singer *Erkin Alptekin (born 1939), Uyghur human rights activist from Germany * Erkin Alymbekov, Kyr ...

party. Ata-Meken eventually moved into the

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...

of the political spectrum. The party's platform calls for a democratic state, economic reforms and evolutionary social development. It favours reasonable compromise between various social sectors and government bodies. The party supported Tekebayev in the 2000 Presidential elections, where he came second with 14%. On May 20, 2004, the party joined the

For Fair Elections For Fair Elections was an electoral alliance formed by four opposition parties in Kyrgyzstan. It was formed on May 20, 2004, in preparation for the February 2005 parliamentary elections. Former Security Council secretary Misir Ashyrkulov was chos ...

electoral alliance in preparing for the February 2005 parliamentary elections. The party won one seat in the first round of the 2005 parliamentary elections. Ata-Meken received the votes of 5.6% of eligible voters in the 2010 parliamentary elections, giving it 18 of 120 seats in parliament. This result made the party the fifth of five parties to surpass the support threshold of 5% of eligible voters necessary to enter parliament.

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