Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq
The Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq (Kurdish: حزبی شیوعی كوردستان - عیراق, romanized: Hizbî Şiyuî Kurdistan – Îraq, alternatively written as Partiya Komunîst a Kurdistanê, 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.
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq حزبي شيوعى كوردستان – عيراق | |
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| Leader | Kawa Mahmud |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Split from | Iraqi Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Arbil, Kurdistan Region |
| Women's wing | Kurdistan Women's League |
| Ideology | Communism Kurdish nationalism Civil liberties |
| National affiliation | Kurdistan List |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Colors | Red |
| Council of Representatives of Iraq: | 0 / 329
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| Kurdistan Parliament: | 1 / 111
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| Website | |
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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. It also has an Assyrian wing called the Kaldo-Ashur Communist Party based in Ankawa.
Kawa Mahmud became the party's secretary general, after his predecessor, Kemal Şakir, stepped down on 27 October 2017.