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31 July 2009 - 07:20 AMT

Armenian elected to Kurdistan parliament

An Armenian was elected to the parliament of Kurdistan.

Aram Shahin Bakoyan, a member of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Masoud Barzani, will have a mandate in the 111-seat parliament.

Chairman of the central national administration of Iraq, Paruyr Hakopian said all Armenian candidates are Kurdish-speaking. “Aram Shahin is a native of Artsruk. He used to fight in Barzani’s guerilla units,” he said, kurdistan.ru reports.