The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq is a Kurdish political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party

Iraqi Communist Party

Since its foundation in 1934, the Iraqi Communist Party has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. It played a fundamental role in shaping the political history of Iraq between its foundation and the 1970s. The Party was involved in many of the most important national uprisings and demonstrations...

 branch in the Kurdish areas was formed 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

Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan

The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan sometimes referred to simply as the Kurdistan Alliance is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. Elections were held simultaneously for the assembly of the Kurdistan Regional...

. The party has a women's wing, the Kurdistan Women's League

Kurdistan Women's League

Kurdistan Women's League is a women's organization in Iraqi Kurdistan, tied to the Kurdistan Communist Party. Nahla Hussain al-Shaly, the leader of the organisation, was murdered in 2008....

, the leader of which Nahla Hussain al-Shaly

Nahla Hussain al-Shaly

Nahla Hussain al-Shaly was a promoter of women's rights in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the leader of the Kurdistan Women's League, the women's wing of the Kurdistan Communist Party. On December 18, 2008, she was shot and decapitated after gunmen stormed her home in Kirkuk. Hussain, a married mother of...

was murdered in 2008.

External links

• Iraqi Opposition