Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kurdistan Democratic Party پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê | |
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| President | Masoud Barzani |
| Founder | Mustafa Barzani |
| Founded | 16 August 1946 |
| Headquarters | Masif Selahaddin, Erbil Governorate,Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism[1] National conservatism Economic liberalism[1] Authoritarianism[1] Barzanism[1] Secularism[1] Populism[1] Atlanticism[1] Republicanism[2] [1] |
| Political position | Big tent[3] |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Council of Representatives of Iraq[a] | 31 / 329 |
| Kurdistan Region Parliament[4] | 39 / 100 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| kdp.info | |
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| Armed Wing (Zeravani) | |
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| Leader | Masoud Barzani |
| Dates of operation | 1946–Present |
| Headquarters | Erbil, Kurdistan Region |
| Active regions | Iraq Kurdistan |
| Size | 250,000 (active personnel) 250,000 (reserved personnel) |
| Allies | State allies: |
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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (Kurdish: پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان, romanized: Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the ruling party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Government. It was founded in 1946 in Mahabad in Iranian Kurdistan. The party states that it combines "democratic values and social justice to form a system whereby everyone in Kurdistan can live on an equal basis with great emphasis given to rights of individuals and freedom of expression."
The KDP is dominated by the Barzani tribe and the party's stated ideologies are lawfulness, secularism, and Kurdish nationalism. It wants to build a "social-oriented" economy, and lists civil solidarity and social justice as the basis of its ideology.[3][5]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "What Changes Will the Kurdistan Democratic Party Congress Bring?".
- ^ "Kurdish Democratic Party KDP". The Kurdish Project. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b Gürbey, Hofmann & Seyder 2017, p. 65.
- ^ "Election commission publishes official KRG election results". Rudaw.
- ^ "Two leading Iraqi Kurdish parties are taken off US terrorism list". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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