Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq

Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq
حزبي شيوعى كوردستان - عيراق
Leader Dr. Kawa Mahmud
Founded 1993 (1993)
Split from Iraqi Communist Party
Headquarters Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Women's wing Kurdistan Women's League
Ideology Communism
National affiliation Kurdistan List
International affiliation International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colors Red
Council of Representatives of Iraq:
0 / 328
Kurdistan Parliament:
1 / 111
Website
www.regaykurdistan.com

The Kurdistan Communist Party/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 Kamal Shakir.

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
 Steady 1 Crossbench

References

  1. ↑ "Women's rights activist beheaded in Iraq". cnn.com.


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