National Democratic Party (Iraq)

The National Democratic Party (Arabic: الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي‎, Hizb al Wataniyah al Dimuqratiyah) is an Iraqi Secular political party. The party was founded after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, as several Iraqis, including Naseer al-Chaderchi, son of former leader Kamil al-Chaderchi, and Abdel Amir Abbud Rahima, sought to revive the historic National Democratic Party.

National Democratic Party

الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي
LeaderNaseer al-Chaderchi[1]
Founded2003
Preceded byNational Democratic Party
IdeologySocial democracy
Civic nationalism
Nonsectarianism
Secularism
Political positionCenter-left
National affiliationCivil Democratic Alliance
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The party ran in the 2005 Iraqi election and received 36,795 votes, sufficient to win one seat. It lost parliamentary representation in the December 2005 elections, but a leading member, Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli was nominated as Minister of Justice by the Iraqi National List.

In the 2009 governorate election in Basrah, the party is contesting on the list 'National Tendency', together with the Iraqi Communist Party, Popular Democratic Gathering and Independent Sons of Iraq.[2]

References
  1. election coalitions indicate depth of Iraq’s sectarian divide, Mustafa Habib, in Niqash.org, 14 March 2013
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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