The Kurdistan Parliament on 15 March 2023 formed a five-person committee of MPs to nominate candidates for commissioners of the Kurdistan High Election Commission. Parliament also swore in five new MPs to replace members who resigned.
Deputy Speaker’s News
Statement by Presidency of Kurdistan Parliament
The Kurdistan Parliament will hold an ordinary sitting on Wednesday 15th March 2023 to form a special committee on the reactivation of the Election Commission.
Order of Business for sitting of 15 March 2023
The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 15th March 2023 at 12 noon, the second ordinary sitting of the spring session of the fifth 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 and MPs welcome European Parliament Delegation
Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami, Secretary Muna Kahveci and several MPs on 8 March 2023 welcomed a high-level delegation from the European Parliament, led by Ms. Sara Skyttedal, Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq.
Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami welcomes Canadian Embassy's Political and Economic Counsellor Mr. Colin Lake
Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 6 March 2023 met with Mr. Colin Lake, Political and Economic Counsellor of the Canadian Embassy in Baghdad.
Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami's statement on anniversary of the 1991 Kurdish Uprising
March 5th is a symbolic and pivotal moment in the history of our nation. On this day the dream of eradicating the people of Kurdistan was thwarted, great hopes and dreams began and came a step closer to being fulfilled, and the brutal persecution by the Ba’ath regime ended.
Order of Business for sitting of 1 March 2023, first sitting of the spring session
The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 1st March 2023 at 11am, the 1st ordinary sitting of the spring session of the fifth 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 bids farewell to UK's Deputy Consul General Mr. Jamie Hamill, welcomes successor Ms. Catherine Shaw
Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 21 February 2023 bid farewell to the UK's outgoing Deputy Consul General Mr. Jamie Hamill, and welcomed his successor Ms. Catherine Shaw.
Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami welcomes Germany’s new Consul General Mr. Klaus Dieter Streicher
Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 19 February 2023 welcomed Germany’s new Consul General in Kurdistan Region, Mr. Klaus Dieter Streicher. They discussed political developments, Erbil-Baghdad talks, the next Kurdistan Parliament election, and bilateral relations.