List of political parties in Rojava
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This is a list of political parties in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has a political system based on direct democratic and multi-party aspirations, with different levels of government: Self-governing municipalities and communes, self-governing autonomous regions and provinces, and the autonomous region as a whole.
There have been two elections in the region so far, one for the communes/municipalities and one for regions/provinces in 2017, while the third federation-level election for the Syrian Democratic Council was delayed.
Political parties in Rojava[]
Parties[]
The following parties are represented either in the Syrian Democratic Assembly as of September 2016 or in cantonal parliaments:[1]
Party | Alliance | Members in | Political Position | |||||||||
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Abbr. | Name | Abbr. | Name | W | Leader | FC | FA | Cantons | Members | (Ideology) | ||
QMH | Wheat Wave Movement Law Citizenship Rights Movement Teyar El-Qemih |
? | ? | ? | Haytham Manna | 1 | 3 | ? | ? | Secularism Nonsectarianism | ||
SUP | Syriac Union Party | TEV-DEM | Movement for a Democratic Society | [1] | 1 | 3 | ? | ? | Assyrian Interests Modernization ("Dawronoye")[2] | |||
TWDS | Syrian National Democratic Alliance Syrian National Democratic Coalition |
? | [2] | 1 | 4 | ? | ? | Social ecology Democratic confederalism Communalism | ||||
CDR | Honor and Rights Convention | ? | 1 | 2 | ? | ? | Secularism Democratic confederalism Communalism | |||||
YS | Yekîtiya Star | TEV-DEM | Movement for a Democratic Society | [3] | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | Feminism | |||
ANC | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | Arab Interests | ||||
PDK-S | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria | ENKS | Kurdish National Council | [4] | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | Kurdish nationalism Kurdish autonomy Liberal democracy Traditionalism | |||
PYD | Democratic Union Party | TEV-DEM | Movement for a Democratic Society | [5] | Salih Muslim Asya Abdullah |
0 | 3 | ? | ? | Libertarian socialism Eco-socialism Social ecology Democratic confederalism Communalism | ||
SDS | TM | Syria's Tomorrow Movement Tayar Alghad Alsoury |
[6] | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Pluralist democracy | ||||
DM | ? | Ebilqadir El-Miwehed | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | led by Fîras Qesas | |||||
PB-ASD | Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party Democratic Socialist Party |
KDCK | ? | Brahim Makhous | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Democratic Socialism Arab Interests | |||
LPSK | KDCK | ? | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Centre-left Kurdish Nationalism | |||||
ANC | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Arab Interests Regionalism | |||||
KDPP / PDPKS | Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party | Abd al-Hamid Darwish | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Kurdish nationalism Federalism | |||||
ADP | Assyrian Democratic Party | Ninos Isho | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Eastern Assyrian interests | |||||
PADK | Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party | TEV-DEM | Movement for a Democratic Society | Talal Muhammad (Abduselam Mihemed) | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Democratic confederalism Communalism | |||
DT | Mizgîn Zêdan | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
PYLK | TEV-DEM | Movement for a Democratic Society | Ferhad Têlo | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ||||
Wifaq | Kurdish Democratic Accord Party Al Wifaq Party |
HNKS | Kurdish National Alliance in Syria | ? | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Centre-right Kurdish Nationalism | |||
Îslah | Al-Îslah Party |
HNKS | Kurdish National Alliance in Syria | ? | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Reformism | |||
Êzîdî | Yazidi House Mala Êzîdiyan |
? | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Yazidi Interests | |||||
SNC | Syriac National Council | ? | Bassam Said Ishak | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Assyrian Interests | ||||
PI | HNKS | Kurdish National Alliance in Syria | Cebel El-Ereb | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Popularism | ||||
Total | 9* | 43* | ? | ? |
Notes: * including independents
Minor parties[]
The following groups or parties are not represented at either the cantonal or federal level (but may hold positions in municipal parliaments).
Relative importance of the five party alliances[]
Party | Number of elected representatives at the federal, cantonal and communal levels |
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TEV-DEM | 8
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HNKS | 3
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ENKS | 2
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TM | 1
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Historical parties and alliances[]
Historical parties[]
Name | Ideology | Active | Continued as |
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Mustafa Khidr Oso's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria | Kurdish Nationalism | 2014 | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria |
Mustafa Juma's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria | Kurdish Nationalism | 2014 | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria |
Kurdish Democratic Political Union | Kurdish Nationalism | 2013 | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria |
Kurdish Union Party in Syria (PYKS) | Kurdish Nationalism | 2012 | |
Syrian National Resistance (SNR) | Syrian nationalism, Anti-Turkism, democracy | 2016–17 | dissolved |
Historical alliances[]
Name | Ideology | Active | Continued as |
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Kurdish Supreme Committee | Kurdish Nationalism | 2013 | discontinued |
Names in the national languages[]
Abbr. | Party | Northern Kurdish (Latin script) | Arabic | Syriac | Romanized Arabic |
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QMH | Wheat Wave Movement | Tevgera Hiqûq - Hemwelatîbûyîn - Mafan | تيار قمح | ? | Teyar El-Qemih |
SUP | Syriac Union Party | Partiya Yekîtiya Suryanî | حزب الإتحاد السرياني في سورية | ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܒܣܘܪܝܐ | |
TWDS | Syrian National Democratic Alliance | Koalisyona Niştîmanî Demokratî Sûrî | التحالف الوطني الديمقراطي السوري | ? | ? |
CDR | Honor and Rights Convention | Kombûna Rûmet û Mafnasiyê | تجمع عهد الكرامة والحقوق | ? | ? |
YS | Yekîtiya Star | Yekîtiya Star | ? | ? | |
ANC | Arab National Coalition | Desteya Niştîmanî ya Erebî | ? | ? | |
PDK-S | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria | Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê | حزب الديمقراطي کوردستان في سوريا | ||
PYD | Democratic Union Party | Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat | حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي | ? | |
SDS | Syrian Democratic Society | Kombûna Demokratîk a Sûriyeyê | |||
PB-ASD | Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party | Partiya Baas Demokratîk Sosyalîsa El-Erebî | حزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي | ? | |
DM | Syrian Democratic Society | Partiya Modern û Demokratîk | |||
ADO | Assyrian Democratic Organisation | المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطية | ܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ | ||
ADP | Assyrian Democratic Party | Partiya Asûrî ya Demokratîk | |||
TAA | Syria's Tomorrow Movement | تيار الغد السوري | Tayar Alghad Alsoury | ||
PDPKS | Progressive Democratic Party | Partiya Demokrata Pêşverû ya Kurd li Sûriyê | ? | ? | |
PYDKS | Kurdish Democratic Unity Party | Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriye | حزب الوحدة الديمقراطي الكردي في سوريا | ? | Hizb alwahdat aldiymuqratiu alkurdiu fi Suria |
PYKS | Kurdish Union Party in Syria | Partiya Yekîtî ya Kurd li Sûriyê | ? | ? | |
PÇKS | Left Party of Syrian Kurds | Partiya Çepa Kurdî li Surîyê | ? | ? | |
PÇDKS | Kurdish Left Party | Partiya Çepa Demokrata Kurdî li Suriyê | ? | ? | |
ŞPKS | Kurdish Future Movement in Syria | Şepêla Pêşeroja Kurdî li Suriyê | ? | ? | |
PAK | Kurdish Freedom Party | Partiya Azadî Kurdî li Sûriya | ? | ? | |
PADK | Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party | Partîya Aştîya Demokrat ya Kurdistanê | حزب السلام الديمقراطي الكردستاني |
See also[]
- Politics of Syria
- List of political parties by country
Notes[]
Bibliography[]
- The Carter Center (27 February 2017). "Foreign Volunteers for the Syrian Kurdish Forces" (PDF). Atlanta: Carter Center. Cite magazine requires
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References[]
- ^ "Executive Board of Democratic Syria Assembly elected". Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ The Revolutionaries of Bethnahrin | Warscapes
- ^ "PYDKS - Rêxistina Amûdê". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Kurdistan Yekiti Party congratulates Kurdistan Union Party success of its conference". 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Interview with MLKP Rojava". look left. 22 December 2016.
- ^ "TKEP-L Rojava'da merkez açtı". Hawar Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ The Carter Center (2017), p. 2.
- ^ "Navên ku Desteya Siyasî ya Meclîsa Sûriyeya Demokratîk pêk tînin aşkera bûn". Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
External links[]
- Political parties in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria