Respublika (political party)

Respublika (Kyrgyz for Republic) is a political party in Kyrgyzstan, formed in June 2010 and founded by the businessman and later prime minister Ömürbek Babanov, who served as its chairman until 2014. During that period the party had a pro-Russia orientation. It campaigned in the 2010 parliamentary elections on a platform that stressed the ethnic diversity of Kyrgyzstan, favoured a parliamentary system of government and called for reducing the number of members of parliament from 120 to 75. In 2014 Respublika merged with Ata-Zhurt to create Respublika-Ata Zhurt, and the two parties split apart again in 2020. The article is short, so this entry records only what it states about the founding, leadership, platform and mergers.