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Communist Party of Bulgaria Комунистическа Партия на България | |
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| Abbreviation | CPB |
| Leader | Aleksandar Paunov |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Split from | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | 10th Building, Tsar Kaloyan St., Sofia |
| Newspaper | Rabotničeski vestnik ('Workers' Newspaper') |
| Membership (2017) | 20,000 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | BSP for Bulgaria (until 2021) Neutral Bulgaria (2023-2024) BSP – United Left (2024) |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Colours | Red |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
| Seats in the European Parliament | 0 / 17 |
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The Communist Party of Bulgaria (CPB)[a] is a communist party in Bulgaria, currently led by Aleksandar Paunov.
The party was founded in 1996 as the Communist Party.[1]
Since 2001, it is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The party publishes the newspaper Rabotnicheski Vestnik.[1] In the 2014 parliamentary election, the Coalition for Bulgaria received 15.4% of the popular vote and 39 out of 240 seats. The party remains represented in Parliament within the coalition after the 2017 election.[2]
The party came under fire during the 2020 protests, when it was alleged that first secretary, Aleksandar Paunov, had had a phone call with convicted businessman Vasil Bozhkov.[3] Alexander Paunov went on to admit that the conversation took place, however denied any wrongdoing.[4] This led to Alexander Paunov being asked to leave the BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group, of which he was a part, becoming an independent MP.
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