Kurdistan Revolutionary Party

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Kurdish Revolutionary Party (Arabic: الحزب الثوري الكردستاني‎) was a political party in Iraq. Originally formed in 1964, it merged into Kurdish Democratic Party in 1970. The party was revived by a group of anti-Barzani dissidents in the KDP leadership in 1974. The refounded Kurdish Revolutionary Party joined the Progressive National Front and supported the Kurdish autonomy law proposed by the Iraqi government.[1][2] The party was led by Abd as-Sattar Tahir Sharif,[3] who left Iraq in 1999.[4]

The party obtained two seats in the national parliament in the March 24, 1996, elections.[5]

The party held its 14th national congress on August 21, 2000.[6]

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  1. ^ Iraq and Kurdish Autonomy, in MERIP Reports, No. 27. (Apr., 1974), pp. 26-27+30.
  2. ^ countrystudies.us: The Politics of Alliance: The Progressive National Front
  3. ^ McDowall, David. Modern History of the Kurds. London: I.B. Tauris, 1997. p. 350
  4. ^ Country Information and Policy Unit: IRAQ - country assesment October 2001
  5. ^ IPU: IRAQ: parliamentary election Majlis Watani, 1996
  6. ^ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Iraq Report 29 August