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13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party

The 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was held 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 a congress

On December 11, 2010 under the slogan (Renewal, Justice, Coexistence) in Erbil and Shahid Park Sami Abdulrahman In the presence of 350 dignitaries Jalal Talabani Iraqi President assumes office President Massoud Barzani Eight committees were formed to manage 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 set a 10% requirement for women's membership in the PKK leadership council Article 217 of the program and Article 17, paragraph 2, point 2 of the rules of procedure are enshrined. In the history of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, for the first time, the end of women was implemented in the thirteenth congress In the fifth, eighth, eleventh and twelfth congresses, only one woman was elected as a member of the central committee.


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, Political Bureau Secretary, Vice President and President, as well as the Monitoring and Follow-up Committee, by the Leadership Council They were appointed and approved by the President.

At this congress, two new terms were introduced into the PKK's structure: the base, which previously referred to the main cells, or a mixture of both, and the leadership councils in the provinces Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, Garmian were established and included the active boundaries of the provinces of Kirkuk, Diyala and part of Sulaymaniyah. Duhok and Mosul were still governed in the old way for some unknown reason, although Duhok was within the Kurdistan Region Baghdad was excluded from this system, and Europe and the United States, which had two branches, remained the same.

The most interesting institution of the PKK after this congress was the council of experts, appointed by the leadership council and established under Article 15 of the rules of procedure It consists of several points, as mentioned earlier, similar to this council in Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - The PUK is registered under the name of the Consultative Council in its internal rules.

Recognized and official institutions of the PKK:

  1. Organizational Bureau
  2.  Cultural and Media Agency
  3.  Bureau of Communications
  4.  Board of Mass and Professional Organizations
  5.  The electoral agency
  6.  Bureau of Administration and Finance

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

  1. Masrour Barzani
  2. Sidad Barzani
  3. Karim Sinjar
  4. Yousef Barzani
  5. Roj Nuri Shawes
  6.  Hoshyar Zebari 
  7. Fazel Mirani
  8. Nazhat Hali Mohammed
  9. Nawzad Hadi Mawlod
  10. Bayan Sami Abdulrahman
  11. Qadir Qachakh
  12. Dr Kamal Kirkuk
  13. Salah Delo
  14. Azad Barwari
  15. Aras Huso Mirkhan
  16. Sirwan Barzani
  17. Sarbast Lazgin Abdulrahman
  18. Ali Hussein Ahmed
  19. Kakemin Najjar
  20. Nuri Hama Ali
  21. DrChenar Saad Abdullah
  22. Pashtiwan Sadiq Abdullah
  23. Hemn Hawrami
  24. Abdulkhaliq Abdulsalam Babiri
  25. The symbol of Sha'ban
  26. Freydun Jawanroyi
  27. Zaim Ali
  28. Gift of Hussein Osman Hama Rez
  29. Rebwar Yalda Tarkhan
  30.  Dilshad Shahab Haji Mohammed
  31. Jaafar Ibrahim Haji, known as Jafar Emini
  32. Arif Taifur
  33. Younis Mohammed Salim Rojbayani
  34. Sarbast Omar Hassan, known as Sarbast Truanshi
  35. Sasan Auni
  36. Adam Osman Sheikh Ahmed, known as Adam Barzani
  37. Mahmoud Hashim Elias, known Mahmoud Yezidi
  38. Ali Auni
  39. Mahmoud Mohammed
  40. Khasraw Abdullah Ismail, known as Khasraw Goran
  41. Abdulmuhaimen Barzani
  42. Mohammed Mahmoud Abdullah, known as Mohammed Harki
  43. DrAli Tatar Nerwayi
  44. Ahmed Adam Abdul Jabbar, known as Ahmad Kani
  45. Ezadin Barwari
  46. Safin Dzeyi
  47. Najat Ali
  48. Shirin Amedi
  49. Evin Tahir Ibrahim, known as Evin Hruri
  50. Nazanin Mohammed Wsۆ

Reserve members of the leadership council:

  1. Omar Osman Mergasuri
  2.  Abdullah Ali
  3. Ako Chawshin
  4.  Bland Ismail
  5. Qadir Qadir
  6.  Akbar Haider
  7.  Sarbast Babiri
  8.  Dr Hamid Darbandi
  9.  DrVian Sabri

On Friday, December 17, 2010, the final message of the congress was read by Dr. Pirot Ahmad, Chairman of the Presidency Committee of the 13th Congress. The following comrades were elected:

  1. Masrour Barzani
  2.  Fazel Mirani
  3.  Dr Roj Nuri Shawes
  4.  Hoshyar Zebari
  5.  Azad Barwari
  6.  Dr. Kamal Kirkuk
  7.  Karim Sinjar
  8.  Zaim Ali
  9.  Mahmoud Mohammed
  10. Faraidun Jawanroyi
  11. Salah Delo
  12. Rebwar Yalda
  13. Jaafar Emini
  14. Mr. Najjar
  15. Ezeddin Barwari

Sources: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

  1.  History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Congress and Conference (Program and Internal Rules), Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Volume 2, (Erbil - Roxana Printing House - 2021).
  2. The 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) began its work. Khabat newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), No. 3645, Erbil, Sunday, December 12, 2010.
  3. On the second day of the 13th Congress, a number of committees were formed. Khabat newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, No. 3646, Erbil, Monday, December 13, 2010.
  4.  Kurdistan Democratic Party, Program and Rules of Procedure of the Thirteenth Congress, (No Place - No Year).
  5.  President Barzani was re-elected as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) by the unanimous vote of the members of the 13th Congress. Khabat newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), No. 3648, Erbil, Wednesday, December 15,
  6.  Nechirvan Barzani elected as Deputy Chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Khabat newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), No. 3648, Erbil, Wednesday, December 15,
  7.  Shaban Ali Shaban, Some Political and Historical Information, Third Edition, (Erbil - Rojhelat Printing House - 2013).
  8.  New Members of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Khabat Newspaper, No. 3652, Erbil, Monday, December 20, 2010.
  9.  The 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) concluded. Khabat newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), No. 3651, Erbil, Sunday, December 19,

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