Chaldean Democratic Party
The Chaldean Democratic Union is a Christian democrat political party in Iraq and within Iraqi Kurdistan a component of the Kurdistani Alliance, designed to promote the Chaldean ethnicity and heritage. Over 75% of Iraqi Christians are of Chaldean ethnicity, who are the indigenous peoples of Mesopotamia. They had one member in the Iraqi National Assembly - Ablahad Afraim Sawa - who was elected in both January 2005 and December 2005. The party was created with the help of the Kurdistan Regional Government after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[1]
The party won the Christian reserved seat in the Basra governorate election, 2009.
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| National Iraqi Alliance (155) | |
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- National Alliance of Saladin
- National Coalition in Saladin
- Independent Civil Alternative Coalition
- Dignity Alliance
- Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
- The Equitable State Movement
- Ad Dawa Iraq Organization
- Solidarity in Iraq Alliance
- Salvation Alliance
- Arab Kirkuk Alliance
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