Democratic Party of Tajikistan

{{Short description|Political party in Tajikistan}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Democratic Party of Tajikistan

| native_name = Ҳизби демократии Тоҷикистон

| leader = Shahboz Abror{{Cite web |last=Manzuma |first=Firuz |date=31 May 2024 |title=Минюст Таджикистана признал легитимной смену руководителя Демократической партии |trans-title=Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan recognized the change of the leader of the Democratic Party as legitimate |url=https://asiaplustj.info/news/tajikistan/politics/20240531/minyust-tadzhikistana-priznal-legitimnoi-smenu-rukovoditelya-demokraticheskoi-partii |access-date=8 June 2025 |website=Asia-Plus |language=ru}}

| logo =Logo of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan.png

| slogan = Пиндори нек, гуфтори нек, кирдори нек.
Pindor-i nek guftor-i nek kardor-i nek.
('Good thoughts, good words, good deeds')

| abbreviation = DPT (English, Russian)
HDT (Tajik)

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| foundation = {{start date|1990|8|5|df=y}}

| ideology = Liberal conservatism
Social conservatism
Tajik nationalism
Secularism
Pan-Iranism{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

| position = Centre-right

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| colors = {{colorbox|{{party color|Democratic Party (Tajikistan)}}}} Green

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| country = Tajikistan

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|63|{{party color|Democratic Party (Tajikistan)}}}}

| seats1_title = Seats in the Assembly of Representatives

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The Democratic Party of Tajikistan{{efn|{{bulletedlist|{{langx|tg|Ҳизби демократии Тоҷикистон|Hizbi Demokratiyi Tojikiston}}, {{IPA|tg|ˈhɪzbɪ dʲɪmɐˈkratʲɪjɪ tʰɔdʒikʰɪsˈtʰɔn|IPA}}|{{langx|ru|Демократическая партия Таджикистана|Demokratičeskaja partija Tadžikistana}}}}}} is a political party in Tajikistan founded in August 1990{{cite book|author=Lena Jonson|title=Tajikistan in the New Central Asia: Geopolitics, Great Power Rivalry and Radical Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLi9oJMT5B8C&pg=PA152|date=3 October 2006|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-84511-293-6|pages=152–}} by Mahmadruzi Iskandarov. Along with the other Tajik opposition parties, it was banned from July 1993 to August 1999.

Under the 30% quota provided by the Peace Agreement that concluded the Tajik Civil War, some party members were appointed to governmental and administrative posts. Iskandarov, who had been party chairman since its resumption in 1999, headed the state gas monopoly Tajikgaz from 2001 to 2003.

The party received no seats in the legislative elections held on 27 February and 13 March 2005, but percentages are not available. The party boycotted the 2006 Presidential election. On 15 April 2005, the party founder Mahmadruzi Iskandarov was taken by Russian security agencies, which has been considered illegal, in the town of Korolyov, and[http://hro.rightsinrussia.info/archive/european-court/strasbourg-sessions Karinna Moskalenko: "The ordinary person is at the centre of our concerns"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218183103/http://hro.rightsinrussia.info/archive/european-court/strasbourg-sessions |date=18 February 2022 }} by Vera Vasilieva, Human Rights in Russia, 23 December 2010[http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/webservices/content/pdf/001-100485?TID=pdkrxmphzn Judgement in case of "Iskandarov vs. Russia", Application no. 17185/05] – European Court of Human Rights, 23 September 2010 flown to Tajikistan and sentenced there to 23 years in jail. Following this, Saidjafar Usmonzoda was elected as the party's new leader.[https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5775.htm United States Department of State]