Agrarian Party of Tajikistan

The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan (APT; Tajik: Ҳизби аграрии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Hizbi agrarii Toçikiston; Russian: Аграрная партия Таджикистана, romanized: Agrarnaya partiya Tadzhikistana) is an officially registered political party in Tajikistan, founded on November 15, 2005. The party's headquarters are located in the center of Dushanbe, and the party's youth wing is based at the Tajik Agrarian University in northern Dushanbe. The chief of the APT is Rustam Latifzoda.[1]

Agrarian Party of Tajikistan
Ҳизби аграрии Тоҷикистон
Аграрная партия Таджикистана
AbbreviationAPT (English)
HAT (Tajik)
APT (Russian)
LeaderRustam Latifzoda
FounderAmir Qaroqulov
Founded15 November 2004 (2004-11-15)
HeadquartersDushanbe
NewspaperMehrgon
Membership (2020)55,000
IdeologyAgrarianism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Yellow
Tajik national colours:
  Red
  White
  Green
Slogan«The best profession in the world is dehkanism»
(Tajik: «Беҳ аз санои олам деҳқон аст»)
Assembly of Representatives
7 / 63
Website
agrarian.tj

History

The Agrarian Party was founded on November 15, 2005 by the famous academician, professor and doctor of agricultural sciences Amir Qaroqulov, who united the leadership and activists of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan around the new party. As its main goals, the party put forward actions to sharply increase the area of agricultural land, reform dekhkans and farms. The party in the same month was officially registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan.

References
  1. United States Department of State US DoS Tajikistan Profile October 2009


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