Birimdik
Birimdik (lit. 'Unity'; Kyrgyz: Биримдик) officially the Party of Democratic Socialism—Eurasian Choice "Birimdik" (Kyrgyz: «Биримдик» демократиялык социализм – евразиялык тандоо партиясы; Russian: Партия демократического социализма — евразийский выбор «Биримдик») is a pro-Jeenbekov political party in Kyrgyzstan, founded in 2005 as the Birimdik Democratic Party (Kyrgyz: «Биримдик» демократиялык партиясы; Russian: Демократическая партия «Биримдик»). On May 8, 2013 it was registered with the current name. The party includes many former officials and deputies.
Unity Биримдик | |
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| Leader | Vacant |
| Founder | Ainuru Altybaeva |
| Founded | 19 August 2005 (as the "Birimdik" Democratic Party) 10 September 2019 (re-founded) |
| Registered | 8 May 2013 (current name), 13 September 2019 (re-registered) |
| Preceded by | Pro-Jeenbekov faction of SDPK (2019) |
| Headquarters | Bishkek |
| Membership (2020) | 6,000 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Pragmatic Eurasianism Russophilia |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Flag used in the old logo | |
| Website | |
| birimdik.org | |
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The political ideology of the party is Eurasianism, socialism, democracy and parliamentarism.
As of 2019, despite labeling itself as a democratic socialist party, Unity is in effect a successor to the SDPK, a centre-left social-democratic party with some centrist tendencies.
The party has territorial subdivisions in all regions of Kyrgyzstan, there are governing bodies of the party, such as: the political council, the executive committee and the audit commission.