The Communist Party of Uzbekistan (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya partiya Uzbekistana, Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси, romanized: Oʻzbekiston Kommunistik Partiyasi) was the ruling communist party of the Uzbek SSR which operated as a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).[1] On 14 September 1991, the party announced its withdrawal from the CPSU.[2]