ARMENIAN ELECTED TO IRAQI KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT
Asbarez Staff
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Jul 31st, 2009
ARBIL, Kurdistan -An Armenian living in Iraqi Kurdistan has been
elected to regional government’s parliament.
Aram Shahin Bakoyan, a member of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
led by Masoud Barzani, was elected to serve in the 111-seat parliament
during last Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary polls, held in
the three northern Kurdish provinces of Iraq.
"Aram Shahin is a native of Artsruk. He used to fight in Barzani’s
guerrilla units," the Chairman of the central national administration
of Iraq, Paruyr Hakopian, was quoted by Kurdistan.ru as saying.
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