Kurdistan Communist Party-Iraq

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The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq (Kurdish: Partiya Komunîst Kurdistan a Îraq) is a Kurdish political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party branch in the Kurdish areas was converted into a separate party. The party is led by Kamal Shakir.

In both the January and December 2005 Iraqi legislative elections the party was part of the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan.