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The Ata-Meken (The Fatherland Socialist Party) is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Its current Chairman and founder is Omurbek Tekebayev, who is ex-speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament. The party was registered on December 16, 1992 following a split between Tekebayev and the conservative Erkin Kyrgyzstan party.
The party’s platform calls for a democratic state, economic reforms and evolutionary social development. It favors reasonable compromise between various social sectors and government bodies. The party supported Tekebayev in the 2000 Presidential elections, where he came second with 14%. On May 20, 2004 the party joined the For Fair Elections electoral alliance in preparing for the February 2005 parliamentary elections.
The party won one seat in the first round of the 2005 parliamentary elections. However, following the 2005 Tulip Revolution, the future of the party remains unclear.