The Communist Party of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҳизби Коммунистии Тоҷикистон, ''Hizbi Kommunistiyi Tojikiston''; russian: Коммунистическая партия Таджикистана) is a

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, and the oldest political party in the country. In the 2005 parliamentary election, the party won 13.97% of the popular vote and 4 out of 63 seats. The party is affiliated to the

Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU), abbr. СКП–КПСС is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993. Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman sinc ...

History

Soviet era

The first social democratic groups arose in Tajikistan during the

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and by late 1917 and early 1918, Bolshevik organizations were created in

Khodjent Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند‌, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لن� ...

, Ura-Tyube,

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, and Shurab. On December 6, 1924, the government formed the Organizing Bureau of the Central Committee of the

Communist Party of Uzbekistan The Communist Party of Uzbekistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана, uz, Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси), initially known as Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Uzbekistan, ...

in the

Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik ASSR) (russian: Таджикская Автономная Социалистическая Советская Республика) was an autonomous republic within the Uzbek SSR in the Sovi ...

. The first Tajik party conference was held between October 21–27, 1927. On 25 November 1929, by the decision of the Politburo of the CPSU, the CPT was formed by separation from the CPU. In 1975, the CPT had more than 94,000 members.

Regional and city committees

*Dushanbe City Committee *Garm Regional Committee *Gorno-Badakhshan Regional Committee *Kulyab Regional Committee *Kurgan-Tyubinsk Regional Committee *Stalinabad Regional Committee *Ura-Tyuba Regional Committee

Post-independence

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Tajikistani Civil War The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known ...

, the CPT supported the government and the

Popular Front of Tajikistan russian: Народный фронт Таджикистана, area=, headquarters=Dushanbe, clans=, leaders=Sangak Safarov and Safarali Kenjayev, active=1992–1997, caption=, image=, war=the Civil war in Tajikistan, native_name_lang=Tajik, foundat ...

. At present, the Communist Party of Tajikistan supports the government of

Emomali Rahmon Emomali Rahmon (; born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov, tg, Эмомалӣ Шарӣпович Раҳмонов, script=Latn, italic=no, Emomalī Sharīpovich Rahmonov; ; born 5 October 1952) has been the 3rd President of Tajikistan since 16 Novem ...

. Beginning in the 2000s, the CPT lost the majority of its electorate, with today's electorate of the party being made up mainly of people of retirement age.

Leaders

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan (1924–1991)

Second Secretaries

Shirinsho Shotemur Shirinsho Shotemur (also spelt ''Shirinshah Shahtimur,'' ''Shirinsho Shotemor,'' ''et al.''; ';

(1930–1932) * Ibrahim Ismailov (1932–1934) * Saifullo Abdulloev (1936–1937) *

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(1986–1989)