National Coalition (Iraqi Kurdistan)
National Coalition ھاوپەیمانی نیشتمانی Hawpeymanî Nîştimanî | |
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| Abbreviation | CDJ |
| Leader | Aram Qadir |
| Founded | 17 September 2017 |
| Split from | PUK |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Social democracy Self-determination Reformism Anti-corruption |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Council of Representatives of Iraq | 0 / 328
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| Kurdistan Parliament | 0 / 111
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The National Coalition (Kurdish: ھاوپەیمانی نیشتمانی, romanized: Hawpeymanî Nîştimanî), founded by Barham Salih under the name Coalition for Democracy and Justice (Kurdish: ھاوپەیمانی بۆ دیموکراسی و دادپەروەری, romanized: Hevpeymana Demokrasî û Dadwerîyê, Arabic: الائتلاف من أجل الديمقراطية والعدالة, romanized: al-Ittihad min ajil ad-Dimuqratiyah wal-'Adalah) is a Kurdish political party in Iraqi Kurdistan.
In September 2017, Salih announced that he was leaving the PUK and forming a new opposition party, the Coalition for Democracy and Justice which competed in the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election. Following the death of PUK leader Jalal Talabani and the Kurdish opposition leader Nawshirwan Mustafa, the alliance was seen to have the potential to change the Kurdish political landscape. He said he hoped to gather all the other opposition parties, including Gorran and Komal, to challenge the governing KDP–PUK alliance. In the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election, it won two seats.