Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq حزبي شيوعى كوردستان – عيراق | |
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Leader | |
Founded | 1993 |
Split from | Iraqi Communist Party |
Headquarters | Arbil, Kurdistan Region |
Women's wing | Kurdistan Women's League |
Ideology | Communism |
National affiliation | Kurdistan List |
International affiliation | IMCWP |
Colors | Red |
Council of Representatives of Iraq: | 0 / 329 |
Kurdistan Parliament: | 1 / 111 |
Website | |
www | |
The Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq (Kurdish: حزبي شيوعى كوردستان – عيراق, Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الكوردستاني – العراق) is a Kurdish political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party branch in the Kurdish areas was formed into a separate party. The party is led by Kawa Mahmud.
In both the January and December 2005 Iraqi legislative elections the party was part of the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan. The party has a women's wing, the Kurdistan Women's League, whose leader Nahla Hussain al-Shaly was murdered in Kirkuk in 2008.[1] It also has an Assyrian wing called the Kaldo-Ashur Communist Party based in Ankawa.
Electoral results[]
Federal parliament[]
Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 12,392 | 0.6% (#8) | 1 / 111
|
1 | Crossbench |
2018 |
8,063 |
0.5%
(#8) |
1 / 111
|
1 | Crossbench |
References[]
- ^ "Women's rights activist beheaded in Iraq". cnn.com.
External links[]
- Official website (in Arabic and Kurdish)
- Press-releases of Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq at Solidnet.org
- Iraqi Opposition
Categories:
- Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq
- Political parties in Kurdistan Region
- 1993 establishments in Iraq
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