On May 5, 1960, the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was held in Baghdad, after the party received official license from the government.

The Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in response to Ibrahim Ahmad’s request, party secretary, to oppose President Mustafa Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), organized and held Mawat Conference- Mawat Conference of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq – April 9, 1964, in Mawat village.

Under the influence of Hamza Abdullah’s wing separation, the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s Third Conference (KDP-Iraq, 26 January 1953) assembled in Kirkuk. Note: Party conference (British English), party convention, or congress (American English).