Kurdistan Revolutionary Party
Kurdistan Revolutionary Party الحزب الثوري الكردستاني | |
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| Leader | Abd as-Sattar Tahir Sharif |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Split from | Kurdish Democratic Party (1964, 1974) |
| Merged into | Kurdish Democratic Party (1970 to 1974) |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism |
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The Kurdistan Revolutionary Party (Arabic: الحزب الثوري الكردستاني) was a political party in Iraq seeking independence for the Kurdish people. Originally formed in 1964, it merged into the 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 National Progressive Front and supported the Kurdish autonomy law proposed by the Iraqi government.[1][2] The party was led by Abd as-Sattar Tahir Sharif,[3] who left Iraq in 1999.[4]
The party obtained two seats in the national parliament in the March 24, 1996, elections.[5] By 2003, the US-led invasion had the Ba’ath party, which led the National Progressive Front, dissolved.[6] This, by proxy, dissolved the entire National Progressive Front.
The party held its 14th national congress on August 21, 2000.[7]
References
- ↑ "Iraq and Kurdish Autonomy". MERIP Reports. 27 (27): 26–27. April 1974. doi:10.2307/3011338. JSTOR 3011338.
- ↑ "Iraq - The Politics of Alliance: The Progressive National Front". Countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ McDowall, David. Modern History of the Kurds. London: I.B. Tauris, 1997. p. 350
- ↑ "Country Assessment - Iraq" (PDF). AsylumLaw.org. October 2001. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ↑ "IRAQ: parliamentary elections Majlis Watani, 1996". Ipu.org. 1996-03-24. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ Paul, Bremer (May 16, 2003). "COALITON PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 1 DE-BA'ATHIFICATION OF IRAQI SOCIETY" (PDF). Nsarchive2.
- ↑ "Iraq Report: August 25, 2000". Rferl.org. 2000-08-25. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005. Retrieved 2012-02-22.