13th Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (2010)

The 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was held in a normal atmosphere in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, after the fall of the Ba'athist regime in 2003 and major political changes in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.


Holding the Congress

On December 11, 2010, under the slogan of "Renewal, Justice, Coexistence", was held in Erbil, in the presence of 350 personalities, including President Jalal Talabani, he former president of Repubilc of Iraq. President Masoud Barzani awarded the Barzani Immortality Medal to Gwen Roberts, a journalist who is a friend of the Kurds. 

Eight committees were formed to conduct the work of the congress, including the Program Committee, the Rules Committee, the General Organization Committee, the Finance Committee, the Complaints Committee, the Media Committee, the Peshmerga Committee and the Committee of Professional and Mass Organizations. At the congress, a 10% requirement for women's membership in the KDP leadership council was set, in the third gate of Chapter 22 of Article 217 of the program and in Article 17, paragraph 2, point 2 of the rules of procedure. For the first time in the history of KDP, the previlage of participation for women was implemented at the 13th Congress. It should be noted that only one woman was elected as a member of the Central Committee in the fifth, ninth, eleventh and twelfth congresses.

The structure of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) based on the rules of procedure of the 13th Congress was as follows: Base, Organizational Committee, Regional Committee, Branch Committee, Provincial Leadership Council, Leadership Council, Political Bureau, Secretary of Political Bureau, Vice President and President. The monitoring and follow-up committees were also appointed by the Leadership Council and approved by the president.

At this congress, two new terms were introduced into the KDP structure: the first is Base, which previously was cell or the main cell, or a mixture of both, the second one was the Leadership Council, which until 2018 was only in Erbil, Sulaimani, Kirkuk-Garmyan provinces, which included the scope of activities in Kirkuk, Diyala and part of Sulaimani. For some unkown reason, Duhok and Mosul were still governed in the old way, although Duhok was within the Kurdistan Region. Baghdad province was excluded from this system, and Europe and the United States, which had two branches, remained the same. 

The most outstanding institution of the KDP after this congress was the Council of Experts, appointed by the leadership council and established under Article 15 of the rules of procedure. Therefore, due to the importance of its functions, this article consists of four paragraphs and several points. As mentioned earlier, a similar council was registered in the rules of procedure in 1993, at the eleventh congress of KDP under the name of “Advisory Council”.


Recognized and official institutions of the PKK:

1- Organization Bureau

2- Cultural and media institutions

3- Bureau of Relations

4- Board of Mass and Professional Organizations

5. The Electoral Agency

6- Bureau of Administration and Finance

At the congress, President Massoud Barzani was re-elected by a unanimous vote of the delegates and Nechirvan Barzani was elected as the vice president. The members of the leadership council were elected as follows:

1- Masrour Barzani

2- Sidad Barzani

3- Karim Sinjari

4- Yousef Barzani

5- Dr. Roj Shaweis

6- Hoshyar Zebari

7- Fazel Mirani

8- Nazhat Hali Mohammed

9- Nawzad Hadi Mawlod

10- Bayan Sami Abdulrahman

11- Qadir Qachakh

12- Dr. Kamal Kirkuki

13- Salah Delo

14- Azad Barwari

15- Aras Haso Mirkhan

16- Sirwan Barzani

17- Sarbast Lazgin Abdulrahman, known as Sarbast Sinduri

18- Ali Hussein Ahmad

19- Mr. Amin Mustafa Amin, known as Kakamin Najjar

20- Nuri Hama Ali

21- Dr. Chenar Saad Abdullah

22- Dr. Pashtiwan Sadiq Abdullah

ur- Hemn Ahmad Hama Salih, known as Hemn Hawrami

AB- Abdulkhaliq Abdulsalam Mustafa, Abdulkhaliq Babiri

25- Ramzi Shaaban

26- Faraidoon Jawanroyi

27- Zaim Ali

28- Diyari Hussein Osman, known as Diyari Hussein Beg

29- Rebwar Yalda

30- Dilshad Shahab Haji

31- Jafar Ibrahim Haji, known as Jafar Emini

32- Arif Taifur

33- Younis Rojbayani

34- Sarbast Omar Hassan, known as Sarbast Truanshi

35- Sasan Auni

36- Hiwa Ahmad Mustafa

37- Adham Osman Sheikh Ahmad, also known as Adham Barzani

38- Mahmoud Hashim Elias, also known as Mahmoud Yazidi

39- Ali Auni Niamat

40- Mahmoud Mohammed

41- Khasraw Abdullah Ismail, known as Khasraw Goran

42- Abdulmuhaimen Barzani

43- Mohammed Mahmoud Abdullah, known as Mohammed Harki

44- Dr. Ali Tatar Tofiq

45- Ahmed Adham Abdul Jabbar, also known as Ahmed Kani

46- Ezeddin Barwari

47- Safin Dzeyi

48- Najat Ali

49- Shirin Amedi

50- Evin Tahir Ibrahim, known as Evin Hruri 

51- Nazanin Mohammed Wasu.

Reserve members of the leadership council:

1- Omar Osman Mergasuri

2- Abdullah Ali

3- Ako Chawshin

4- Bland Ismail Jarjis

5- Qadir Qadir

6- Akbar Haider

7- Sarbast Babiri

8- Dr. Hamid Darbandi

9- Dr. Vian Sabri

On Friday, December 17, 2010, the closing message of the congress was read out by Dr. Pirot Ahmad, Chairman of the Presidency Committee of the 13th Congress. After the meeting of the Leadership Council, the members of the Political Bureau were elected from the following comrades:

1- Masrour Barzani

2- Fazel Mirani

3- Dr. Roj Nuri Shaweis

4- Hoshyar Zebari

5- Azad Barwari

6- Dr. Kamal Kirkuki

7- Karim Sinjari

8- Zaim Ali

9- Mahmoud Mohammed

10- Faraidoon Jawanroyi

11- Salah Delo

12- Rebwar Yalda

13- Jafar Emini

14- Kakemin Najjar

15- Ezeddin Barwari


 


Sources:

• مێژووی پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان، كۆنگره‌ و كۆنفرانس (پرۆگرام و په‌یڕه‌وی ناوخۆ)، ده‌سته‌ی ئینسكلۆپیدیای پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان، به‌رگی دووەم، (هه‌ولێر- چاپخانه‌ی رۆكسانا- ٢٠٢١).

• كۆنگره‌ی ١٣ی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان ده‌ستی به‌كاره‌كانی كرد، ڕۆژنامه‌ی خه‌بات، ئۆرگانی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان، ژماره‌ ٣٦٤٥، هه‌ولێر، یه‌كشه‌مه‌، ١٢ی كانونی یه‌كه‌می ٢٠١٠ز.

• له‌ دووه‌م ڕۆژی كۆنگره‌ی ١٣دا ژماره‌یه‌ك لیژنه‌ پێكهات، ڕۆژنامه‌ی خه‌بات، ئۆرگانی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان، ژماره‌ ٣٦٤٦، هه‌ولێر، دووشه‌مه‌، ١٣ی كانونی یه‌كه‌می ٢٠١٠ز.

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• سه‌رۆك بارزانی به‌ تێكڕای ده‌نگی ئه‌ندامانی كۆنگره‌ی ١٣ به‌ سه‌رۆكی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان هه‌ڵبژێردرایه‌وه‌، ڕۆژنامه‌ی خه‌بات، ئۆرگانی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان، ژماره‌ ٣٦٤٨، هه‌ولێر، چوارشه‌مه‌، ١٥ی كانونی یه‌كه‌می ٢٠١٠ز.

• نێچیرڤان بارزانی به‌ تێكڕای ده‌نگ به‌ جێگری سه‌رۆكی پارتی هه‌ڵبژێردرا، ڕۆژنامه‌ی خه‌بات، ئۆرگانی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان، ژماره‌ ٣٦٤٨، هه‌ولێر، چوارشه‌مه‌، ١٥ی كانونی یه‌كه‌می ٢٠١٠ز.

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• ئه‌ندامانی نوێی ئه‌نجوومه‌نی سه‌ركردایه‌تی پارتی دیمكراتی كوردستان، رۆژنامه‌ی خه‌بات، ژماره‌ ٣٦٥٢، هه‌ولێر، دووشه‌نه‌، ٢٠ی كانونی یه‌كه‌می ٢٠١٠ز.

• پایته‌خت... كۆنگره‌ی ١٣ی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان كۆتایی به‌كاره‌كانی هێنا، ڕۆژنامه‌ی خه‌بات، ئۆرگانی پارتی دیموكراتی كوردستان، ژماره‌ ٣٦٥١، هه‌ولێر، یه‌كشه‌مه‌، ١٩ی كانونی یه‌كه‌می ٢٠١٠ز م.


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