Socialist Party of Tajikistan

The Socialist Party of Tajikistan (Tajik: Ҳизби Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон Hizbi Sotsialistii Tojikiston, Persian: حزب سوسیالیست تاجیکستان‎‎) is a political party in Tajikistan. The party was founded on 15 June 1996, and registered on 6 August the same year.^[1][2][3] The party publishes Ittixod (Иттиход).^[4] The chairman of the party, Safarali Kenjayev, was assassinated in Dushanbe in 1999.^[5] Prior to his murder, there had been speculations that he might have intended to run for president.^[6]

In early 2004 the party was divided, with two groups claiming the name 'Socialist Party of Tajikistan'. One group was led by Abduhalim Ghafarov, a Ministry of Education official, and Kurbon Vosiev, a presidential adviser. The other group was led by Mirhuseyn Narziev. The Ghafarov-led group, which supports the government, obtained the legal registration.^[7][8][1]

References

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5. Archived March 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
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8. "Online | Asia-Pacific | Q&A: Tajik election". BBC News. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2014-02-16.