The Union of Communists in Bulgaria ( bg, Съюз на комунистите в България, Sayuz na Komunistite v Balgariya, SKB) is a

communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

, registered in 1995. It has participated in all elections since then, alone or in coalition. On 23 June 2013, the Central Committee of the Union of Communists in Bulgaria accepted the resignation of its then presiding chairman Kostadin Chakarov (2010–2013), a former adviser to Todor Zhivkov, and elected by an overwhelming majority Pavel Ivanov as the new chairman of the party. The Union of Communists takes its name from Union of German and European Communists, established in the 19th century by

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

and

Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels ( ,"Engels"
'' Marxism Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialectical ...

as its political creed. The Union of Communists in Bulgaria considers itself the conceptual and political heir of

Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP; bg, Българска Комунистическа Партия (БКП), Balgarska komunisticheska partiya (BKP)) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 198 ...

. In the 2013 parliamentary election the party received 6,168 votes (0.17% of the popular vote), remaining outside parliament.

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Official website of the Union of Communists in BulgariaFacebook group of the Communist movement "Che Guevara" - Bulgaria
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