Kurdistan Revolutionary Party
Political party in Iraq
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The Kurdistan Revolutionary Party (Arabic: الحزب الثوري الكردستاني) was[needs update?] a political party in Iraq seeking independence for the Kurdish people. Originally formed in 1964, it merged into the Kurdish Democratic Party in 1970. The party was revived by a group of anti-Barzani dissidents in the KDP leadership in 1974. The refounded Kurdish Revolutionary Party joined the National Progressive Front and supported the Kurdish autonomy law proposed by the Iraqi government.[1][2] The party was led by Abd as-Sattar Tahir Sharif,[3] who left Iraq in 1999.[4]
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Kurdistan Revolutionary Party الحزب الثوري الكردستاني | |
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| Leader | Abd as-Sattar Tahir Sharif |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Split from | Kurdish Democratic Party (1964, 1974) |
| Merged into | Kurdish Democratic Party (1970 to 1974) |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism |
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The party obtained two seats in the national parliament in the March 24, 1996, elections.[5] By 2003, the US-led invasion had the Ba’ath party, which led the National Progressive Front, dissolved.[6] This, by proxy, dissolved the entire National Progressive Front.
The party held its 14th national congress on August 21, 2000.[7]