The Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq ( ku-2, حزبي شيوعى كوردستان – عيراق, ar, الحزب الشيوعي الكوردستاني – العراق) is a
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
, formed in 1993 when the
Iraqi Communist Party
The Iraqi Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي العراقي '; ku, Partiya Komunista Iraqê حزبی شیوعی عێراق) is a communist party and the oldest active party in Iraq. Since its foundation in 1934, it has dominated the ...
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 Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan (DPAK) sometimes referred to simply as the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. Elections were ...
. The party has a women's wing, the
Kurdistan Women's League, whose leader
Nahla Hussain al-Shaly
Nahla Hussain al-Shaly ( ar, نهلة حسين الشالي, b. 1971/1972 – December 18, 2008) was a promoter of women's rights in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the leader of the Kurdistan Women's League, the women's wing of the Kurdistan Communist Part ...
was murdered in
Kirkuk
Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...
in 2008.
It also has an Assyrian wing called the Kaldo-Ashur Communist Party based in Ankawa.
Electoral results
Federal parliament
References
External links
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Press-releases of Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq at Solidnet.org
Political parties in Kurdistan Region
1993 establishments in Iraq
International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties
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