Chaldean Democratic Party

Chaldean Democratic Union Party
Leader	Ablahad Afraim Sawa
Ideology	Promote Chaldean national identity, conservatism, Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Baby blue
Seats in the local governorate councils:	1 / 440
Website
www.chaldeanparty.com
Politics of Iraq Political parties Elections

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. 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.

References

↑ "Article: Iraq: New Chaldean party licensed to operate in Kurdish region. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy". AccessMyLibrary. 2003-02-27. Retrieved 2012-05-14.

External links

Official website

Assyrian political parties

Iraq	Assyrian Democratic Movement Assyrian General Conference Chaldean Democratic Party Chaldean National Congress Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council Assyrian Patriotic Party Assyrian Progressive Nationalist Party Syriac Gathering Movement

Lebanon	Syriac Union of Lebanon Shuraya Party Aramean Democratic Organization

Syria	Assyrian Democratic Organization Syriac Union Party

Others	Assyrian Universal Alliance Syriac Universal Alliance European Syriac Union Assyrian Socialist Party Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party Assyria Liberation Party

See Also	Assyrian elections in Iraq

Political parties in Iraq

National Iraqi Alliance (155)

State of Law Coalition (92)	Islamic Dawa Party

Sadrists (34)	Al-Ahrar Bloc (28) Elite Movement (3) National Partnership Gathering (3)

Al-Muwatin (29)	Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (29) Al-Mehraab Martyr List Iraqi National Congress Tayyar Bada'ni

Others

Kurdistan Democratic Party (25)
Muttahidoon (23)
Al-Wataniya (21)
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (21)
Al-Arabiya Coalition (10)
Movement for Change (9)
Islamic Virtue Party (6)
National Reform Trend (6)
Diyala is Our Identity (5)
Iraq Alliance (5)
Kurdistan Islamic Union (4)
Iraqi Turkmen Front (3)
Kurdistan Islamic Group (3)
Nineveh National Alliance (3)
Civil Democratic Alliance (3)
Loyalty to Al-Anbar (3)
Iraqi Loyalty Alliance (2)
Competences and People Gathering (2)
Unity of the Iraqis (2)

Single seat groups

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

Reserved Christian seats

National Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) (2)
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council (2)
Democratic Uruk List (Iraqi Communist Party) (1)

Reserved minority seats

Hareth Shanshal Sunaid (1) [Mandaean seat]
Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress (1) [Yazidi seat]
Council of Free Shabaks (1) [Shabak seat]

Banned

Hizb ut-Tahrir
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Unrepresented

Badr Organization

Politics of Iraq

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