Chaldean Democratic Party
The Chaldean Democratic Union is a Christian democrat political party in Iraq and within Iraqi Kurdistan a component of the Kurdistani Alliance, designed to promote the Chaldean ethnicity and heritage. They had one member in the Iraqi National Assembly - Ablahad Afraim Sawa - who was elected in both January 2005 and December 2005. The party was created with the help of the Kurdistan Regional Government after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[1] The party won the Christian reserved seat in the 2009 Basra governorate election.
Chaldean Democratic Party office in alQosh
Chaldean Democratic Union Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Ablahad Afraim Sawa |
| Ideology | Chaldean national identity Conservatism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Baby blue |
| Seats in the local governorate councils: | 1 / 440 |
| Website | |
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References
- "Article: Iraq: New Chaldean party licensed to operate in Kurdish region. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy". AccessMyLibrary. 2003-02-27. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
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