Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq

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 Kawa Mahmud.

Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq

حزبي شيوعى كوردستان - عيراق
LeaderKawa Mahmud
Founded1993 (1993)
Split fromIraqi Communist Party
HeadquartersArbil, Kurdistan Region
Women's wingKurdistan Women's League
IdeologyCommunism
National affiliationKurdistan List
International affiliationIMCWP
ColorsRed
Council of Representatives of Iraq:
0 / 328
Kurdistan Parliament:
1 / 111
Election symbol
Website
www.regaykurdistan.com

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
 1 Crossbench

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