Kurdistan Revolutionary Party
- Kurdistan Revolutionary Party
Kurdish Revolutionary Party ( _ar. الحزب الثوري الكردستاني) was a political party in Iraq. Originally formed in 1964, it merged into Kurdish Democratic Party in 1970. The party was revived by a group of anti-Barzani dissidents in the KDP leadership in 1974. The refounded Kurdish Revolutionary Party joined the Progressive National Front and supported the Kurdish autonomy law proposed by the Iraqi government. [" [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0047-7265%28197404%290%3A27%3C26%3AIAKA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O Iraq and Kurdish Autonomy] ", in MERIP Reports, No. 27. (Apr., 1974), pp. 26-27+30.] [countrystudies.us: [http://countrystudies.us/iraq/78.htm The Politics of Alliance: The Progressive National Front] ] The party was led by Abd as-Sattar Tahir Sharif, [McDowall, David. "Modern History of the Kurds". London: I.B. Tauris, 1997. p. 350] who left Iraq in 1999. [Country Information and Policy Unit: [http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/iraq/ind01b_iraq_ca.pdf IRAQ - country assesment October 2001] ]
The party obtained two seats in the national parliament in the March 24, 1996, elections. [IPU: [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2151_96.htm IRAQ: parliamentary election Majlis Watani, 1996] ]
The party held its 14th national congress on August 21, 2000. [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: [http://www.rferl.org/reports/iraq-report/2000/08/29-250800.asp Iraq Report 29 August] ]
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