Rezgari Party
Rezgari Party حزب رزكاري | |
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| Founder | Faysal Fakhru |
| Founded | April 3, 1975 |
| Newspaper | Xebat (transl. the Struggle) |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism |
| National affiliation | March 8 Alliance |
| Slogan | Arabic: عمل - تضحية - وفاء, romanized: ‘Amal - Taḍḥiyah - Wafā’, lit. 'Work - Sacrifice - Loyalty' |
| Parliament of Lebanon | 0 / 128
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| Cabinet of Lebanon | 0 / 30
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The Rezgari Party or Razkari Party (Arabic: حزب رزكاري, romanized: Ḥizb Rizkārī; Kurdish: حزبی ڕزگاری, romanized: Ḧizbî R̄izgarî) is a Lebanese-Kurdish political group that was established on 3 April 1975 by Faysal Fakhru, due to disagreement with the policies of the Kurdish Democratic Party – Lebanon (KDP-L) under Jamil Mihhu. The three main points of disagreement that led to the formation of the Rezgari Party were the KDP-L's failure to appeal to non-Kurmanji-speaking Kurds, its support for the Iraqi government's proposals in the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, and accusations of nepotism within the party's leadership. The Rezgari Party continued to exist following the end of the Lebanese Civil War, becoming the only political party to represent Lebanon's estimated 100,000 Kurds, and aligning itself with Hezbollah and the March 8 Alliance.