Union of Communists in Bulgaria

Union of Communists in Bulgaria
Leader	Pavel Ivanov
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology	Communism Marxism
National affiliation	Coalition for Bulgaria
European affiliation	Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colours	Red, white
National Assembly	0 / 240
European Parliament	0 / 17
Website
http://komunistibg.wordpress.com
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The Union of Communists of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Sayuz na Komunistite v Balgariya, SKB) is a communist party in Bulgaria, registered in 1995. It has participated in all elections since then, alone or in coalition. The central headquarters of the party is at Sofia, Georgiev Evlogi № 169.

On June 23, 2013, the Central Committee of the Union of Communists in Bulgaria accepted the resignation of its current 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. Immediately after the proposed modifications to the Central Committee and Political Bureau of authentic leftist party party leadership yields average age 35–40 years.

The Union of Communists takes its name from Union of German and European Communists, established in the 19th century by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It unites citizens and adopts Marxism as its political creed. The Union of Communists in Bulgaria considers itself the conceptual and political heir of Bulgarian Communist Party.

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

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Political parties in Bulgaria

National Assembly (240 seats)	GERB (83) BSP - Left Bulgaria (38) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (30) Reformist Bloc (22) United Patriots (28) Patriotic Front (17) Attack (11) ABV (11) Independent (28)

European Parliament (17 seats)	GERB (6) Bulgarian Socialist Party (4) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (4) Bulgaria Without Censorship (1) United Patriots (1) Reformist Bloc (1) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (1)

Unrepresented	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists Bulgarian Communist Party (Vladimir Spasov) Bulgaria for Citizens Movement Bulgarian New Democracy Bulgarian Left Civil Union "Roma" Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria For the Homeland George's Day Movement Green Party of Bulgaria Lider Movement for an Equal Public Model National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland Nationalist Party of Bulgaria New Time Order, Law and Justice Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace Pirate Party Political Movement "Social Democrats" Reformist Bloc Union of the Bulgarian Patriots Union of Communists in Bulgaria Union of Democratic Forces The Greens The Other Bulgaria Union of Free Democrats Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"

Defunct	Alternative Social-Liberal Party Bulgarian Business Bloc Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Euro-Left Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party Bulgarian People's Union Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) Bulgarian United Communist Party Communist Workers' Party of Bulgaria Conservative Party Constitutional Bloc Democratic Alliance George Ganchev's Bloc Liberal Party Liberal Party (Radoslavists) Movement for Social Humanism National Ideal for Unity National Liberal Party National Social Movement Patriotic Party of Labour People for Real, Open and United Democracy People's Alliance People's Liberal Party People's Party Progressive Liberal Party Social Democratic Union 'Proletarian' United Labour Social Democratic Party United People's Progressive Party Young Liberals Party Zveno

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Union of Communists in Bulgaria

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