Conditions and preparations
On October 6, 1993, the bodies of the immortal mytres of President Mustafa Barzani and Idris Barzani were returned to South Kurdistan from Iran. In May 1994, a four-year civil war broke out between the Kurdistan Democratic Party KPD and PUK, resulting in the two-sided statehood of the Kurdistan Region. The civil war was terminated on September 17, 1998, following an agreement with Washington. During this period, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was formed by the KDP and several other political parties in Erbil. During this period, a large number of refugees from Iran returned to South Kurdistan.
Six years after the Eleventh Congress, the Central Committee of KDP decided to hold the Twelfth Congress on March 13, 1999. For this purpose, on April 14, 1999, in another Central Committee meeting, PDK Political Bureau was instructed to form a High Preparatory Committee for the congress. In May 1999, the Political Bureau formed a high committee for the preparation of the congress who were Falakeddin Kakeyi-Chairman of the Committee; Mohammed Saleh Juma, Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Sheikhallah Ibrahim, Tamar Ramazan, Najmaddin Yu Safi and Hassan.
After its formation, the High Preparatory Committee of the Congress conducted the election of delegates to the Congress, which lasted forty-one days, from June 4, 1999 to July 15, 1999, 180,000. KDP voters participated in the elections and elected the congress representatives in 96 constituencies and 226 polling stations.
Holding a Congress
On Wednesday, October 6, 1999, the 12th Congress of KDP was held in the Zard Hall in Erbil under the slogan "Peace, Freedom, Democracy" in the presence of 1473 delegates, 8% of whom were women. Masoud Barzani was re-elected as the president of KDP for the fourth time and Ali Abdullah Amin was re-elected as the vice-president on the proposal of the president. Once again, the name of the KDP was changed from "Kurdistan Democratic Party - United" to "Kurdistan Democratic Party" as of the 10th Congress. A number of decisions were made, the most important of which was to make changes in the party and military institutions. The Central Committee number of the members were changed from 37 members to 31 active members and nine reserve members. The Political Bureau was elected by secret ballot from nine members.
The structure of KDP, based on the internal rules of the 12th Congress, included: cell, main cell, organization committee, regional committee, branch committee, central committee, political bureau, secretary of the political bureau, vice president and president. The Central Committee for Inspection and Monitoring was appointed by the Central Committee and supervised by a member of the Political Bureau.
Members of the Central Committee:
3- Fazel Mirani
4- Dr. Roj Nuri Shaweis
6- Sami Abdulrahman
7- Azad Barwari
8- Jawhar Namiq Salim
9- Zaim Ali
11- Mohammed Mullah Qadir
12- Dr. Kamal Kirkuki
13- Dr. Jarjis Hassan
14- Karim Sinjari
15- Nuri Ali Mohammed Rahman, known as Nuri Hama Ali
16- Arif Taifur
17- Saad Abdullah
18- Francois Hariri
19- Faraidoon Mohammed Abdulrahman, known as Faraidoon Jawanroyi
20- Salah Delo
21- Ramzi Shaaban
22- Omar Botani
23- Shirin Amedi
24- Jamal Osman Karasul, known as Jamal Murtka
25- Sarbaz Nader Ali, known as Sarbaz Hawrami
26- Omar Osman Mergasuri
27- Brusk Nuri Shaweis.
28- Safin Mohsin Hamad Amin, known as Safin Dzeyi
29- Qadir Qadir Ali
30- Ezeddin Barwari
31- Younis Rojbayani.
Reserve Members of the Central Committee:
2- Mahmoud Mohammed
3- Massoud Salahi
4- Abdulmuhaimin Barzani
5- Jafar Ibrahim Haji, also known as Jafar Emini
6- Abdullah Agreen
7- Diyari Hussein
8- Qadir Jabari
9- Dr. Hassan Mohammed Soor.
On the last day of the congress, for the third time in the history of KDP, President Masoud Barzani awarded the Immortal Bazani Medal to thirty-seven leaders, commanders and comrades of Barzani.
In the first meeting of the Central Committee, the Political Bureau Committee was elected as follows:
4- Jawhar Namiq Salim
5- Fazel Mirani
6- Sami Abdulrahman
7- Azad Barwari
8- Dr. Roj Nuri Shaweis
9- Zaim Ali.
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