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Subseries of the Politics series Subject: New flag of Iraq Source: Encyclopædia Britannica File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Politics of Iraq includes the social relations involving authority or power in Iraq. ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political...

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Jump to: navigation, search The current constitution of Iraq was approved by an October 15, 2005 ratification vote. ... The Iraqi Transitional Government replaced the Iraqi Interim Government of 2004. ... The President of Iraq is Iraqs head of state and chief of government. ... Jalal Talabani (born 1933) is a seasoned Iraqi Kurdish politician, who was named State President of Iraq on April 6, 2005 by the Iraqi National Assembly. ... The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraqs head of government. ... Ibrahim al-Jaafari Dr Ibrahim al-َAshaiqir al-Jaafari (إبراهيم الأشيقر الجعفري) (born 1947) is the new Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government following the elections of January 2005. ... This article lists political parties in Iraq. ... The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... Elections in Iraq gives information on election and election results in Iraq. ... Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. ... Jump to: navigation, search Following the ratification of the constitution of Iraq on October 15, 2005, a general election was called for 15 December to elect a permanent 275-member Iraqi National Assembly The elections will take place under a list system whereby voters choose from a list of parties...

Ratification vote

See also: Kurdish Autonomous Region Jump to: navigation, search The electorate of Iraq went to the polls on 15 October 2005 to vote in a referendum on whether or not to ratify the proposed Iraqi constitution of 2005. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Kurdish Autonomous Region (Başûrê Kurdistanê in Kurdish) is a political entity established in 1970 following the agreement of an Autonomy Accord between the government of Iraq and leaders of the Iraqi Kurdish community. ...

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP; Kurdish: Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê or PDK) is a Kurdish political party led by Massoud Barzani. It is primarily a tribally-based and military group, based near Iraq's northern border with Turkey. Jump to: navigation, search The Kurdish languages or Kurdish dialects, belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, are spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran (Persia), Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Massoud Barzani (born August 16, 1946) is the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. ... Viewed historically or developmentally, a tribe consists of a social formation existing before the development of, or outside of, states. ...


Founded by Mustafa Barzani, the legendary Kurd who fought numerous revolts against Baghdad with success. It was established in Iranian Kurdistan in 1946 upon the creation of a Kurdish republic in Mahabad, which lasted for less than a year. Mustafa Barzani (March 14, 1903–March 1, 1979) was a Kurdish nationalist leader and President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Jump to: navigation, search Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Kurdish flag flown by Kurds in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria. ...


Rebelling against the Iraqi government in the aftermath of the first Gulf War, the KDP became perhaps the single most influential Iraqi anti-Saddam group. Its peshmerga, or militia fighters, were able to operate with relative impunity in the no-fly zone of northern Iraq. Jump to: navigation, search C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The 1991 Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the United States. ... There were a number of groups in Iraq opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein. ... Jump to: navigation, search Peshmerga, peshmarga or peshmerge (Kurdish: pêşmerge) is the term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters, they have been labelled by some as freedom fighters. ... Categories: Stub | 2003 Iraq conflict ...


The KDP has jointly administered northern Iraq (which the Kurds call the free Kurdistan, because of its semi-independent status). The KDP became the leading party in the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil. The other main Iraqi Kurdish party, the leftist Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, split with the KDP and established a de facto government of their own in the city of Suleymaniya. Jump to: navigation, search The Kurdish flag flown by Kurds in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Kurdish Autonomous Region (Başûrê Kurdistanê in Kurdish) is a political entity established in 1970 following the agreement of an Autonomy Accord between the government of Iraq and leaders of the Iraqi Kurdish community. ... This article is about the province of Iraq. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (est 1975) (Kurdish: Yaketi Nishtimani Kurdistan) // Mission The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has been working for self-determination, human rights, democracy and peace for the Kurdish people of Iraq, since its establishment in 1 June 1975. ... Sulaymānīyah (السليمانية) is a city in the southeast of greater Kurdistan (the Kurdish-speaking region of the Middle East). ...


Accepting the assistance of the Irve united to form a joint list, the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan, under which to contest the 2005 Iraqi elections. The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition being presented as a united Kurdish list in the 2005 election in Iraq. ... Legislative elections were held in Iraq on January 30, 2005. ...


The party has its wings in every part of Kurdistan, the KDPI (KDP of Iran), in Syria (Al Party), in Turkey (PDK-Bakur) and even in Lebanon. Jump to: navigation, search The Kurdish flag flown by Kurds in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria. ...


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Ahmed Ibrahim is a brigadier general, and police chief, of the Iraqi police. ...

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Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (1135 words)
The Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), under the leadership of Mullah Mustalafa-al-Barzani, formed in 1946 inside the Soviet occupied land in Northern Iran.
The arrest of a negotiating team from the KDP in June 1963 and the commencement military campaigns against the KDP forces by the Iraqi army validated these views.
A failed assassination attempt of KDP leader General Mullah Mustafa Barzani, blamed first on the PUK but later found to be the work of the Baghdad regime, caused the plans for a Kurdish state to deteriorate rapidly.
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