Bir Bol (, ), officially the Political Party of State Unity and Patriotism "Bir Bol" (), was a
liberal
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political party
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in
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. ...
. It was led by
Altynbek Sulaymanov. The party had been described having 'low visibility'. The party entered parliament for the first time with in 2015, following the
2015 Kyrgyz parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 4 October 2015.
Electoral system
The 120 seats in the Supreme Council were elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with an electoral threshold of 7% on the na ...
in which it garnered 8.52% of the vote (12 seats). It lost all its 12 seats in the
2020 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, which was subsequently annulled. The party participated in the
2021 elections
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as part of the
Alliance party.
History
The party was founded on 28 June 2010 as the Liberal Democratic Party "Bir Bol". The party opposed the government of Kyrgyz President
Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Sooronbay Sharip uulu Jeenbekov (; ky, Сооронбай Шарип уулу Жээнбеков, translit=Sooronbay Şarip uulu Jeenbekov; born 16 November 1958) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the 5th President of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 unti ...
.
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Political parties in Kyrgyzstan
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