National Democratic Party (Iraq, 1946)

National Democratic Party
Founder	Kamel al-Chaderji
Founded	1946 (1946)
Dissolved	1963 (1963)
Succeeded by	National Democratic Party
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism Marxism
Political position	Centre-left
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The National Democratic Party (Arabic: الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي‎, Hizb al Dimuqratiyah al Wataniyah) was an Iraqi political party. The party was founded in 1946 as a left-leaning opposition movement that modeled itself after the British Labour Party. It advocated workers' rights, land reform and social democracy. The party was closely linked with the government of Abd al-Karim Qasim, but in the 1960s it began dividing internally. With the Ba'athist coup in 1963, the party officially ceased to exist.

Political parties in Iraq until the overthrow of the Iraqi monarchy

Conservative	Constitutional Union Party Socialist Nation Party

Reformist	Liberal Party National Democratic Party United Popular Front

Arab Nationalist	Ba'ath Party Iraqi Independence Party National Union Front

Left-Wing	Iraqi Communist Party

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