Action Party for the Independence of Kurdistan

Action Party for the Independence of Kurdistan
Parti Kari Sarbakhoy Kurdistan
Leader Yousif Hanna Yousif
Founder Mohammed Hussein Halleq
Split from Iraqi Communist Party

The Action Party for the Independence of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Parti Kari Sarbakhoy Kurdistan or Party Khabat bo Serbogoy Kurdistan) is a political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is part of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

The party split from the Iraqi Communist Party and became affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Its founder, Mohammed Hussein Halleq, was murdered in 1995. His successor, Yousif Hanna Yousif, or Abu Hikmat, joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq-led government as a minister.[1]

References

  1. Profile, Global Security,
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