Party Institution, Symbols and Leadership
The party newspaper is Tariq ash-Shaab (Path of the People). It also publishes the magazine Al-Thakafa Al-Jedida (The New Culture ).
The youth wing of the party is the Iraqi Democratic Youth Federation.
The motto of the party is a free homeland and a happy people (Arabic: watanun hurrun wa sha'bun sa'id).
The following is a list of persons who served as Secretary or First Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, the party's primary leadership position. Given the occasional suppression of the party and resultant lapses in its activity, the position was at times vacant.
| No. | Name | Assumed Position | Left Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amin Flayyeh | May 1935 | December 1935 | |
| 2 | Abdullah Mas'ud | 1941 | October 1941 | |
| 3 | Yusuf Salman Yusuf (Comrade Fahd) | October 1941 | February 1949 | |
| 4 | Baha' al-Din Nuri | September 1949 (effectively, officially appointed only in August 1951) | April 1953 | |
| 5 | Abd al-Karim Ahmad al-Daud | April 1953 | June 1954 | |
| 6 | Hamid Uthman | June 1954 | June 1955 | |
| 7 | Husain al-Radi (Salam 'Adil) | June 1955 | February 1963 | |
| 7 | Aziz Muhammad | August 1964 | 1993 | |
| 8 | Hamid Majid Mousa | 1993 | current |
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