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Woman leads bloc for first time in
Kurdistan parliament's history
17.9.2007
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September
17, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region (Iraq), --
Kwestan Abdullah, the deputy in the Kurdish
parliament's Green Bloc, was elected to lead the
bloc, thus becoming the first woman ever to head a
bloc in the Iraqi Kurdistan region's parliament
since it was first established in 1992.
"Members of the Green Bloc, during a meeting with
the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) politburo,
unanimously elected Abdullah to lead it in place of
deputy Othman Bani Marani," Green Bloc member Khaman
Zarrar said.
"The change was to activate the bloc's performance
inside parliament," she added.
The Green Bloc, affiliated to Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani's PUK, has 40 out of a total 111 seats in
the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan parliament.
The number of seats is the same obtained by the
Yellow Bloc of Iraqi Kurdistan Region President
Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
The remaining seats are occupied by other
parliamentary blocs.
VOI
** Since 1991, the Kurds of Iraq achieved self-rule
in part of the country. Today's teenagers are the
first generation to grow up under Kurdish rule. In
the new Iraqi Constitution, it is referred to as
Kurdistan region.
Kurdistan region has all the trappings of an
independent state -- its own constitution, its own
parliament, its own flag, its own army, its own
border, its own border patrol, its own national
anthem, its own education system, its own
International airports, even its own stamp inked
into the passports of visitors.
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