The Democratic Party (russian: Демократическая партия Таджикистана; tg, Ҳизби демократии Тоҷикистон, translit=Hizbi Demokratii Tojikiston) is a political party in Tajikistan founded in August 1990 by Mahmadruzi Iskandarov. Along with the other Tajik opposition parties, it was banned from July 1993 to August 1999. Under the 30% quota provided by the Peace Agreement that concluded the

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

, some party members were appointed to governmental and administrative posts. Iskandarov, who had been party chairman since its resumption in 1999, headed the state gas monopoly Tajikgaz from 2001–2003. The party received no seats in the

legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...

held on 27 February and 13 March 2005, but percentages are not available. The party boycotted the 2006 Presidential election. On 15 April 2005, the party founder Mahmadruzi Iskandarov was taken by Russian security agencies, which has been considered illegal, in the town of Korolyov, andKarinna Moskalenko: "The ordinary person is at the centre of our concerns"
by Vera Vasilieva, Human Rights in Russia, 23 December 2010Judgement in case of "Iskandarov vs. Russia", Application no. 17185/05
– European Court of Human Rights, 23 September 2010 flown to Tajikistan and sentenced there to 23 years in jail. Following this, Saidjafar Usmonzoda was elected as the party's new leader.United States Department of State
/ref>

References

Political parties in Tajikistan Formerly banned political parties Pro-independence parties in the Soviet Union {{Tajikistan-party-stub