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Kurdistan Democratic Party حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان | |
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| Abbreviation | KDP HDK |
| Secretary-General | Abdullah Hasanzadeh (2006-2012) Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019) Khalid Azizi (2012–2017 and 2019-2022) |
| Founded | December 1, 2006[1] |
| Dissolved | 21 August 2022 (aged 15)[2] |
| Merger of | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Split from | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan |
| Headquarters | Koy Sanjaq, Iraqi Kurdistan[3] |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Socialism[citation needed] |
| Political position | Centre-left[citation needed] |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Website | |
| kdppress | |
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP; Kurdish: حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستان, romanized: Hizba Dêmokrata Kurdistanê, abbreviated HDK; Persian: حزب دموکرات کردستان) was an ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, which split from Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) in 2006 after a dispute over choosing its next leader in the latter's 13th convention.[4] The KDPI and Iran’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran) have been engaged in several rounds of reunification talks over the years.[5] On August 21, 2022, the two parties announced that they would finally reunite.[6][7]
The first time in 2016, Iranian agents had planted a bomb outside the party headquarters that killed and injured several members.[8] The second time was in 2018 when the Iranian regime attacked the KDP-I party headquarters with ballistic missilier from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan where the party headquarters is located.[9]
The party was made a full member of the Socialist International at its November 2015 Council meeting in Luanda, Angola.[10]
Secretaries-General
- Abdullah Hasanzadeh (2006–2012)
- Khalid Azizi (2012–2017)
- Mostafa Moloudi (2017–2019)[11]
- Khalid Azizi (2019–2022)