Kurdistan Toilers' Party
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Kurdistan Toilers' Party Parti Zahmatkeshan Kurdistan | |
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Leader | |
Founded | 1985 |
Split from | Kurdistan Socialist Party |
Ideology | Socialism Left-wing nationalism[1] |
Political position | Left-wing |
Council of Representatives of Iraq: | 0 / 328
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Kurdistan Parliament: | 1 / 111
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Kurdistan Toilers' Party (Kurdish: Parti Zahmatkeshan Kurdistan) founded according to the party in 1985, is a splinter from the Kurdistan Socialist Party, and later a member of the . Led by , now it is led by .
It publishes the newspaper (Banner of Freedom) in Sulaymaniyya. A few cultural and ideological periodicals (Pesh Kawtin and Nojan) are also reportedly published and television and radio programmes put out on its own broadcasting stations. It was included in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-dominated government. It has poor relations with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and has no offices in Kurdistan Democratic Party territory.
Currently it has one seat in Kurdistan parliament and one minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Kurdistan Toilers' Party is part of the Kurdistan Alliance Bloc ("Hawpeymanî Kurdistan", no. 372) to the Iraqi Parliament. The first listed candidate for Silêmanî Governorate for the party was Jalal Dabagh, a prominent Kurdish politician.
The leader of Kurdistan Toilers Party is .
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References[]
- ^ "Profile: Kurdish 'satellite' parties". 13 January 2003.
- 1985 establishments in Iraq
- Kurdish nationalism in Iraq
- Kurdish nationalist political parties
- Kurdish political parties in Iraq
- Left-wing nationalist parties
- Political parties established in 1985
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