Chaldean Democratic Union
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The Chaldean Democratic Union is a Christian democrat
political party in Iraq
and within Iraqi Kurdistan
a component of the Kurdistani Alliance. 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.
The party won the Christian reserved seat in the Basra governorate election, 2009
.
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...
political party in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and within Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...
a component of the Kurdistani Alliance. They had one member in the Iraqi National Assembly - Ablahad Afraim Sawa
Ablahad Afraim Sawa
Ablahad Afraim Sawa is a member of the National Assembly of Iraq who was elected on the Kurdistani Alliance slate. A member of the Chaldean Democratic Union, he was also elected in January 2005- References :...
- who was elected in both January 2005
Iraqi legislative election, January 2005
Elections for the National Assembly of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005 in Iraq. The 275-member National Assembly was a parliament created under the Transitional Law during the Occupation of Iraq...
and December 2005
Iraqi legislative election, December 2005
Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on 15 October 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect a permanent 275-member Iraqi Council of Representatives....
. The party was created with the help of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Kurdistan Regional Government
The Kurdistan Regional Government , , is the official ruling body of the predominantly Kurds-populated Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq...
after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The party won the Christian reserved seat in the Basra governorate election, 2009
Basra governorate election, 2009
The Basra governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.- Background :One seat in the election is reserved for Assyrian Christians...
.