Kurdistan Democratic Party

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party is a major Kurdish nationalist political organization in Iraqi Kurdistan, historically central to the Kurdish autonomy movement and regional governance.

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instanceOf Kurdish political party
nationalist organization
political party
alliance Kurdistan Democratic Alliance
Kurdistan List
armedWingRole Kurdish Peshmerga forces aligned with KDP
chairman Masoud Barzani
conflict Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
country Iraq
deputyLeader Masrour Barzani
Nechirvan Barzani
foundedIn Mahabad
foundedInCountry Iran
founder Hamza Abdallah
Muhammad Haji Mahmoud
Mustafa Barzani
Qazi Muhammad
Sheikh Ahmed Barzani
linked to: Mustafa Barzani
foundingDate 1946-08-16
goal greater autonomy for Kurds in Iraq
protection of Kurdish rights in Iraq
hasWing Peshmerga
linked to: Kurdish Peshmerga
headquarters Erbil
headquartersCountry Iraq
headquartersRegion Kurdistan Region
linked to: Kurdistan
historicalLeader Idris Barzani
Masoud Barzani
Mustafa Barzani
ideology Kurdish nationalism
centre-right politics
conservatism
legislativeBody Council of Representatives of Iraq
Kurdistan Parliament
majorRole Kurdish autonomy movement in Iraq
governance of Kurdistan Region
nativeName Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê
nativeNameLanguage Kurdish
operatesIn Kurdistan Region of Iraq
opponent Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
participatesIn Iraqi national elections
Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections
partyColor green
red
yellow
politicalPosition centre-right
recognizedBy Iraqi central government as a legal party
region Iraqi Kurdistan
shortName KDP
supportedBy some Western countries at various times
symbol sun emblem

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Iraqi Kurdish rebellions participant Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kurdistan Democratic Party nativeName Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê
linked to: Kurdistan Democratic Party
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan rival Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kurdistan Regional Government dominantPoliticalParty Kurdistan Democratic Party