Chaldean Democratic Party Explained

Country:Iraq
Chaldean Democratic Union Party
Colorcode:lightblue
Leader:Ablahad Afraim Sawa
Position:Centre-right
Religion:Christianity
Colours:Baby blue
Seats3 Title:Seats in the local governorate councils:

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.

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