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Chaldean Democratic Party

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Chaldean Democratic Party
ܓܒܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ
LeaderAblahad Afraim Sawa
ColoursBaby blue
Seats in the local governorate councils:
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Website
Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

The Chaldean Democratic Party (Syriac: ܓܒܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ) was an Assyrian-separatist, Christian democrat political party from Iraq and within Iraqi Kurdistan. 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 2009 Basra governorate election.

Chaldean Democratic Party office in Alqosh.

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