Chaldean Democratic Party
Chaldean Democratic Party ܓܒܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ | |
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| Leader | Ablahad Afraim Sawa |
| Founder | Ablahad Afraim Sawa |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Colours | Baby blue |
| Website | |
| Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine | |
The Chaldean Democratic Party (Syriac: ܓܒܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ), also known as the Chaldean Democratic Union or the Chaldean Democratic Union Party, is an Assyrian Christian democrat political party from Iraq and within the autonomous Kurdish region. The political party was primarily geared towards and aimed to represent Chaldean Catholic Assyrians.
At its height of activity, the party had one member in the Iraqi National Assembly, Ablahad Afraim Sawa, who was elected in both January 2005 and December 2005. The party won the Christian reserved seat in the 2009 Basra governorate election. The party was also well known for its sectarian viewpoints, often denying Assyrian identity in place of a Chaldean one.