Structure of The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament
There are 111 seats in the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (as stipulated in Law No. 1 passed by the KNA in 1992). Currently, women hold 39 seats. The legal requirement is that at least 30% of the parliamentarians are women (according to IKP Law No. 1, Article 22 amended in Article 10 of Law no. 47 for 2004, third amendement of Law no.1 for 1992).
The IKP is led by the Speaker, Dr. Kemal Kerkuki, who is assisted in his duties by the Deputy Speaker, Dr. Arslan Bayez.
Eleven seats have been allocated to represent the Assyrian, Armenian, and Turkmen minority communities in the KRG-administered provinces.
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