Ishtar Patriotic List
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Ishtar Patriotic List قائمة عشتار الوطنية | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Ideology | Assyrian interests Factions: Assyrian nationalism Populism Conservatism |
The Ishtar Patriotic List (Arabic: قائمة عشتار الوطنية) was an Assyrian political list that was formed to run in the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections. The list's biggest party was the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council, a KDP-funded political party founded in 2007.
After their participation in the 2009 elections, the Ishtar List was retrospectively regarded as part of the Kurdish Regional Government's attempts to exert further influence in the Nineveh Plains, with the list displacing the seats of the Rafidain List and the Assyrian Democratic Movement.[1] The list only participated in the 2009 elections.
The Ishtar Patriotic List was first launched in late 2008, and was announced to be participating in the Iraqi elections from Erbil.[2]
In the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections, the Ishtar List was backed by Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo, an Assyrian minister in the KRG. Assyrians were previously urged to participate in that year's elections by the parties represented, due to the events of the Iraq War and the subsequent persecution against the community during this time.[3] The list was composed of the following parties and candidates:[4]
- Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council (CSAPC)
- Bet Nahrain Democratic Party (BNDP)
- Chaldean National Congress (CNC)
- Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union (PUBN)
- Syriac Assembly Movement (than known as the Syriac Independent Gathering Movement)
- Notables of Qaraqosh
- Chaldean Cultural Society
- For Nineveh Governorate: Sa'ad Tanyos Jajji (SIGM)
- For Baghdad Governorate: Giwargis Esho Sada (BNDP)
The list won the reserved Assyrian seats in both Baghdad and Nineveh, electing both of the candidates who ran for the election.
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