Chaldean Democratic Party

Chaldean Democratic Party ܓܒܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ
Leader	Ablahad Afraim Sawa
Colours	Baby blue
Seats in the local governorate councils:	1 / 440
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The Chaldean Democratic Party (Syriac: ܓܒܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ) was an Assyrian-separatist, Christian democrat political party from Iraq and within Iraqi Kurdistan. 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.

References

v t e Assyrian political parties
Iraq	Assyrian Democratic Movement Assyrian General Conference Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union Chaldean Democratic Party Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council Assyrian Patriotic Party Assyrian Progressive Nationalist Party Syriac Assembly Movement
Lebanon	Syriac Union Party Shuraya Party
Syria	Assyrian Democratic Organization Syriac Union Party Assyrian Democratic Party
Others	Assyrian Universal Alliance European Syriac Union Assyrian Socialist Party Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party Assyria Liberation Party Mesopotamia National Council
Inactive	Chaldean National Congress Sons of Mesopotamia
See Also	Assyrian politics in Iraq Assyrian nationalism Assyrian independence movement World Council of Arameans

v t e Political parties in Iraq
Major political parties	Sadrists (73) Progress Party (37) State of Law Coalition (33) Islamic Dawa Party Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation Kurdistan Democratic Party (31) Fatah Alliance (17) Badr Organization Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (17) Azem Alliance (14)
Minor political parties	Emtidad Movement (9) New Generation Movement (9) Ishraqat Kanoon (6) Tasmim Alliance (5) Victory Alliance (4) Kurdistan Justice Group (2) Iraqi Turkmen Front (1)
Reserved Christian seats (5)	Babylon Movement (4) Athra Alliance (1) Assyrian Democratic Movement Assyrian Patriotic Party Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council Sons of Mesopotamia
Reserved minority seats (3)	Hareth Shanshal Sunaid (1) [Mandaean seat] Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress (1) [Yazidi seat] Council of Free Shabaks (1) [Shabak seat]
Unrepresented in parliament	The Iraqis
Banned	Hizb ut-Tahrir Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq pan-Arab organization al-Awda Arab Liberation Front
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