Rukhaniyat Party
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Template:Refimprove The Rukhaniyat Party is 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 current party chairman is Altynshash K. Zhaganova.<ref>http://election.kz/portal/page?_pageid=153,75212&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL</ref>
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.
