Respublika ( ky, Республика, lit=Republic) is a political party 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. ...

. The party was formed in June 2010. Founded by

Ömürbek Babanov Ömürbek Toktogulovich Babanov ( ky, Өмүрбек Токтогулович (Токтогул уулу) Бабанов, Ömürbek Toqtoghulovich (Toqtoghul uulu) Babanov, ; born 20 May 1970) is a Kyrgyz politician who served twice as the Prime M ...

, he served as its chairman until 2014, and during this time the party had a pro-Russia orientation. In 2014, the party merged with

Ata-Zhurt Ata-Zhurt ( ky, Ата-журт, , sometimes romanized as Ata-Jurt) is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Its political base is in the south of the country, but the party is headquartered in the capital Bishkek. The party is led by Kamchybek Tash ...

to create

Respublika–Ata Zhurt Respublika–Ata Zhurt ( ky, Республика–Ата Журт, sometimes spelled as Respublika–Ata Jurt) was a Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz political party that was created after the merger of the Respublika Party of Kyrgyzstan, Respublika and At ...

. However, the two parties ended up splitting back in 2020. The party campaigned for the 2010 parliamentary elections on a platform stressing the ethnic diversity of Kyrgyzstan, and is in favor of a

parliamentary system of government A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...

, as well as reducing the number of MPs from 120 to 75.

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Political parties in Kyrgyzstan Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Kyrgyzstan Classical liberal parties {{Kyrgyzstan-party-stub