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Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq welcomes Denmark’s Ambassador to Iraq Stig Paolo Piras

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 19 June 2022 welcomed Denmark’s Ambassador to Iraq Stig Paolo Piras.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting on two animal protection legislative proposals

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 19 June 2022 met with animal rights organizations and activists to discuss two legislative proposals on the protection of animals.

Parliament holds second reading of bills on education accreditation board and on Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 15 June 2022 opened a sitting for the second reading of two bills, one on establishing an education and higher education accreditation board, and the other on the Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq supervises Women's Rights Committee meeting on Bill on Combating Violence against Women and Families

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 13 June 2022 supervised a meeting of the Women's Rights Committee, which completed their first report on the Bill on Combating Violence Against Women and Families.

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami commends Muslim cleric for doctoral thesis on history of Yazidis

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 14 June 2022 thanked Dr. Bilal Malo Pirkhal for writing the first doctoral thesis by a Muslim cleric on the Yazidis in Kurdistan and their relationship with Muslims.

Order of Business for sitting of 15th June 2022

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 15th June 2022 at 10am, the sixth ordinary sitting of the spring session of the fourth year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Parliament and Minister of Trade and Industry discuss rising cost of essential goods, joint committee to send recommendations to KRG

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 12 June 2022 presided over a sitting in which MPs discussed high market prices and the rising cost of living, particularly of essential goods. The KRG Minister for Trade and Industry responded to MPs' questions.

Order of Business for sitting of 12th June 2022

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Sunday 12th June 2022 at 10am, the fifth ordinary sitting of the spring session of the fourth year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami welcomes French Senate's France-Iraq Friendship Group

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 9 June 2022 welcomed members of the French Senate’s France-Iraq Friendship Group, led by the Group’s President, Senator Nicole Duranton.

Kurdistan Parliament condemns terrorist attack on Erbil of 8 June 2022

In the name of the Kurdistan Parliament, we condemn in the strongest terms the completely unjustified cowardly terrorist drone bomb attack of 8th June 2022 on the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, injuring three civilians  and damaging several cars. Thankfully there were no fatalities.