Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party
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Assyrian people
The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
political party in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
led by Romeo Nissan Hakkari. One of the party's goals is to create an autonomous Assyrian Administrative Region
Assyrian independence
The Assyrian independence is a political movement and ideology that supports the creation of an Assyrian state or an autonomy for the Syriac-speaking Christian Assyrian people in northern Iraq....
within Iraq. The party is known for being extremely nationalistic to the "Assyrian" name.
The BNDP contested the Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election of 2005 as part of the ruling Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan
The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan sometimes referred to simply as the Kurdistan Alliance is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. Elections were held simultaneously for the assembly of the Kurdistan Regional...
and were allocated one seat for Romeo Hakkari. It also contested the Iraqi legislative election, January 2005
Iraqi legislative election, January 2005
Elections for the National Assembly of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005 in Iraq. The 275-member National Assembly was a parliament created under the Transitional Law during the Occupation of Iraq...
as part of the Kurdish alliance, and Goriel Mineso Khamis was allocated one seat in the Council of Representatives of Iraq.
It did not participate in the Iraqi legislative election of December 2005
In the Iraqi governorate elections of 2009, the BNDP allied itself with the pro-Kurdish Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council is a political party in Iraq that was founded by Sarkis Aghajan, a high ranking KDP, in 2007. The Party runs Ishtar TV and publishes several different monthly magazines....
in the Ishtar Patriotic List
Ishtar Patriotic List
The Isthar Patriotic List is an Iraqi-Assyrian political list that was formed to run in the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009....
. The list won two seats in Baghdad
Baghdad governorate election, 2009
The Baghdad governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.- Background :...
and Ninawa
Ninawa governorate election, 2009
The Ninawa governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.- Background :...
, including BNDP member Giwargis Esho Sada in Baghdad.
United States
The party is actve among Assyrian Americans in CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where it runs the KBSV
KBSV
KBSV is an Assyrian television station broadcasing on digital UHF channel 15, that serves the Modesto, Stockton, and Sacramento, California areas....
and KBES
KBES
KBES is a radio station broadcasting a world ethnic format. Licensed to Ceres, California, USA, the station serves the Central Valley area. The station is currently owned by Bet Nahrain, Inc....
radio stations.
In 1983 the party set up the "Assyrian National Congress" with the "Assyrian American Leadership Council". In 2002 they entered into an alliance with the Free Officers Movement
Free Officers Movement
In Egypt, the clandestine revolutionary Free Officers Movement was composed of young junior army officers committed to unseating the Egyptian monarchy and its British advisors...
of exiled military officers led by Najib al-Salhi.