Chaldean Democratic Party

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 2009 Basra governorate election.

Chaldean Democratic Union Party
LeaderAblahad Afraim Sawa
IdeologyChaldean national identity
Conservatism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre-right
ColoursBaby blue
Seats in the local governorate councils:
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Website
www.chaldeanparty.com

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