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Kurdistan Democratic Party

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK), Latin script (Partiya demokrata kurdestanê), English (kurdistan democratic party) and Arabic (الحزب الدیموقراطي الكوردستاني), is a national popular democratic party Mustafa Barzani secretly appointed in Baghdad.


Establishment decisions and objectives

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was formed in the winter of 1946 in Mahabad, the capital of the Kurdistan Democratic Republic (KDP), with the aim of establishing a democratic federal state Presidency of the Mullah Mustafa Barzani All members of the Freedom Committee and a group of Iraqi Kurdistan fighters who had moved to East Kurdistan after the collapse of the Second Barzan Revolution, which later became the main component of the Kurdistan Democratic Republic Army in Mahabad It was established with the legitimate goals of the Kurdistan people and continues to struggle for these goals.


Congresses and Conferences

Since its establishment on August 16, 1946, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has held fourteen congresses, three conferences and several meetings according to the regional situation and as decided in the program and internal rules.

First Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (1946)

Second Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1951)

 3rd Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1953)

Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (1959)

5th Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1960)

6th Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1964)

Seventh Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1966)

 8th Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1970)

 9th Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1979)

10th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (1989)

11th Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (1993)

12th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (1999)

 13th Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Party (2010)

Fourteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (2022)

 Baghdad Conference (1950)

Mawat Conference (1964)  

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Berlin Conference (1976)


the president

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has been led by two great Kurdish leaders since 1946, who are regarded by Kurdish freedom fighters and supporters as two leaders and symbols of Kurdistan's freedom and independence They are being watched.

 President Mustafa Barzani (1946-1979)

Massoud Barzani (1979 to present)


armed revolution

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has led two armed revolutions in South Kurdistan since its establishment has done

The September Revolution (1961-1975)

The May Revolution (1976-1991)


Source :

  1.  History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Congress and Conference (Program and Internal Rules), Volumes 1 and 2, (Erbil-Rojhelat Printing House-2021).

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