Rukhaniyat Party | |
Colorcode: | Green |
Leader: | Serik Sultangali |
Foundation: | 1995 |
Dissolved: | 12 November 2013 |
Ideology: | Green politics |
Headquarters: | Almaty |
Country: | Kazakhstan |
Merged: | Birlik |
The Rukhaniyat Party was a political party in Kazakhstan. At the legislative elections, 19 September and 3 October 2004, the party won 0.4% of the popular vote and no seats. In the 18 August 2007 Assembly elections, the party won again 0.4% of the popular vote and no seats.
The party was founded in 1995 by Altynshash Zhaganova.[1]
The name Rukhaniyat means spirituality, from the root Rukh. See the discussion of the etymology of the word spirit for a brief discussion of the Arabic origins of this word.