Gorran Movement

According to the BBC Gorran had "already shaken the political landscape in Kurdish areas" in March 2010.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8553321.stm |title=New Kurdish party to challenge polls|work= BBC News|access-date= 2011-02-01}} Support for the Movement for Change "stems from the simple fact that it is the new, dynamic, fresh option in Kurdistan"{{cite web | url=http://blog.fpc.org.uk/2010/03/up-on-hill-is-where-youll-find-us.html | title=Up on the Hill is where you'll find us | access-date=October 22, 2011 | publisher=blog.fpc.org.uk | date=March 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803200409/http://blog.fpc.org.uk/2010/03/up-on-hill-is-where-youll-find-us.html | archive-date=August 3, 2011 }} and its "calls for an end to monopoly control of power."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/reformist-gains-in-kurdish-vote-shake-iraqs-quiet-north-1762060.html|title=Reformist gains in Kurdish vote shake Iraq's quiet north|newspaper= The Independent |access-date=2009-07-27}} One of Gorran's main objectives is to "uproot rampant corruption."{{cite web|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/10/30/124259.html |title=Goran leaves Iraq's Kurdish alliance with less clout|date=30 October 2010|publisher= Al Arabiya |access-date=2011-02-01}} The party is particularly popular with the youth of Kurdistan and campaigns against patronage.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgEo2q76J_0C&q=gorran+make+up+iraq&pg=PA146 |title=Iraq and the United States: creating a strategic partnership - Google Books |date=2009-09-01 |isbn=9780892065950 |access-date=2011-10-20|last1=Cordesman |first1=Anthony H. |last2=Mausner |first2=Adam |last3=Derby |first3=Elena }} It consists of a mix of (former) PUK/KDP members, Peshmerga, and academics.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/world/middleeast/27kurds.html |title=Gains Seen for Kurdish Challengers|newspaper= New York Times |date=26 July 2009 |access-date= 2009-07-27|last1=Dagher |first1=Sam }} Gorran supporters have often faced "violent intimidation."{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kurdish-iraq-an-emerging-success/ |title=Kurdish Iraq: An Emerging Success|work= CBS News |access-date=2011-02-01}} Gorran have stated in The Economist that "the KDP and PUK have done a poor job of promoting the Kurds’ interests at the federal parliament in Baghdad."{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/14112538 |title=The Kurdish way|newspaper= The Economist |access-date=2011-02-01}} The party in the 2009 and 2010 elections "won in the city and the province of Sulaimaniyah."{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/change-the-kurds-can-believe-in-20090726-dxit.html |title=Change the Kurds can believe in|newspaper= Sydney Morning Herald |access-date= 2011-02-01}}

{{Main|2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election}}

The Change List won a total of 25 seats in the July 2009 elections,{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/25/MNFM18V5US.DTL | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title=Iraqi Kurds come out to vote in high numbers | first=Sam | last=Dagher | date=26 July 2009}} making it the second-most successful list in the election after the Kurdistani List. The party viewed the election results as a huge victory.

The movement's platform for the 2009 election was to de-politicise the regional government, strengthen the judiciary, limit political interference in the economy and make the budget more transparent. Supporting federalism for Iraq, it said disputes with the central government could be solved through dialogue based on the Iraqi Constitution.{{cite web|url= http://niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=75&id=2475&lang=0|title= Kurdish election lists|publisher= Niqash.org|date= 30 June 2009|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110727124015/http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=75&id=2475&lang=0|archive-date= 27 July 2011}}

Considered to be the main opposition to Kurdistan List, particularly in areas dominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The campaign focused on addressing what it sees as corruption undertaken by the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. It managed to win eight seats.

{{Main|2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election}}

Gorran won 24 seats{{cite news |title=Iraqi Kurdistan opposition party beats PUK in elections |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24362864 |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=BBC}} in the 2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election and 9 seats{{cite news |title=The incumbent digs in |url=https://www.economist.com/pomegranate/2014/05/22/the-incumbent-digs-in |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=The Economist}} in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election.

{{Main|2011 Kurdish protests in Iraq}}

In 2011 the party called for the resignation of the Cabinet and the disbanding of the Kurdistan Regional Government during the protests in Kurdistan that followed the 2011 Egyptian protests.{{cite web|url=http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=16609|title=KurdishMedia.com: News about Kurds and Kurdistan|publisher=kurdmedia.com|access-date=2014-05-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419034132/http://kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=16609|archive-date=2014-04-19}} This was accompanied by protests against the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party.{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-idUSTRE71I31Z20110219 | work=Reuters | title=Iraqis protest in Kurdish region, capital | date=19 February 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/2.22584/1.2332917/tonarig_demonstrant_dodad_i_irak&queryArt527895=kurdistan&sortOrder527895=0&doneSearch=true&sd=47225&from=siteSearch&pageArt527895=0|title=Tonårig demonstrant dödad i Irak - Nyheter | SVT.se|publisher=svt.se|access-date=2014-05-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009054731/http://www.svt.se/2.22584/1.2332917/tonarig_demonstrant_dodad_i_irak%26queryArt527895%3Dkurdistan%26sortOrder527895%3D0%26doneSearch%3Dtrue%26sd%3D47225%26from%3DsiteSearch%26pageArt527895%3D0|archive-date=2012-10-09}}[https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gvqM5KohOmVipuRKfb39gRT968oQ?docId=6029572]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Some{{Who|date=January 2014}} have criticized the party for causing unnecessary unrest, arguing that there is no need for the Kurdish government to step down.{{cite web|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/3452.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213061403/http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/3452.html |archive-date=2011-02-13 |url-status=dead |title=The page you requested was not found |access-date=2014-05-27 }} Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch have urged protests to be allowed. February 17, 2011, Human Rights Watch reported security guards firing on protesters in Sulaymaniyah, killing at least one person and wounding more than 33 others after the crowd threw rocks at the political headquarters of the KDP.{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/17/iraq-investigate-protester-deaths|title=Iraq: Investigate Protester Deaths | Human Rights Watch|date=17 February 2011|publisher=hrw.org|access-date=2014-05-27}} Since there were shootings which led to deaths, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called for an independent investigation into the killings.{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/006/2011/en/|title=Document - Iraq: Authorities in Iraq urged to allow peaceful protests | Amnesty International|author=thomas yocum|publisher=amnesty.org|access-date=2014-05-27}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/005/2011/en|title=Iraq: Restraint urged in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq following protester deaths | Amnesty International|publisher=amnesty.org|access-date=2014-05-27}}

Following death of the party leader, Nawshirwan Mustafa, in May 2017, an internal ballot was held to elect a new leader, Omar Said Ali, and six other executive assembly members.{{cite web|url=http://ekurd.net/gorran-omar-said-ali-2017-07-25|access-date=2017-08-03|title=Gorran chooses Omar Said Ali as Nawshirwan's successor, Iraqi Kurdistan|date=25 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803134309/http://ekurd.net/gorran-omar-said-ali-2017-07-25|archive-date=2017-08-03|url-status=live}}

Under the leadership of Omar Said Ali, Gorran failed to present a lasting challenge to the KDP-PUK duopoly and the movement's popularity has been declining. As a result, Gorran suffered a harsh blow winning only 12 seats in the 2018 Kurdistan parliamentary election and only 5 seats in the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election. The total number of votes for Gorran has shrunk by 60 percent since previous elections and Gorran has lost a significant number of followers and prominent members.{{cite news |last1=Abdullah Azeez |first1=Hawkar |title=Gorran: A Party of Words, not Deeds |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/gorran-movement-a-party-of-words-not-deeds |access-date=26 February 2019 |agency=Washington Institute for Near East Policy |date=October 29, 2018}} Gorran officials are also concerned to an extent about the future of the party, saying it “faces a deadly failure”{{cite news |last1=Chomani |first1=Kamal |title=The Leadership Crisis of the Kurdistan Region Opposition Parties |url=https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-leadership-crisis-of-the-kurdistan-region-opposition-parties/ |access-date=26 February 2019 |work=The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy |date=29 September 2018}} and has been dogged with infighting.{{cite news |last1=Ismaeel |first1=Bashdar |title=Unease brews as Iraqi Kurds brace for crucial election |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2018/9/28/unease-brews-as-iraqi-kurds-brace-for-crucial-election |access-date=26 February 2019 |agency=The New Arab |date=28 September 2018}} Gorran leadership was criticised for their handling of the referendum, as they had initially opposed the timing of the referendum but eventually supported holding it in September 2017 amid intense political pressure.{{cite news |last1=Salim |first1=Mustafa |title=Kurds in Iraq hold critical election amid competing visions of the autonomous region |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/kurds-in-iraq-hold-critical-election-amid-competing-visions-of-the-autonomous-region/2018/09/30/df61a8f4-c279-11e8-9451-e878f96be19b_story.html?noredirect=on |access-date=26 February 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=30 September 2018}} New Generation, a movement founded by Shaswar Abdulwahid, has taken in Gorran defectors,{{cite news |last1=Fantappie |first1=Maria |title=Iraqi Kurdistan's Regional Elections Test a Brittle Status Quo |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/iraqi-kurdistans-regional-elections-test-brittle-status-quo |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=International Crisis Group |date=28 September 2018}} New Generation has been described as stepping forward as Gorran has fallen back.{{cite news |last1=Fazil |first1=Shivan |title=Iraqi Kurdistan's Parliamentary Elections: Inflection Point or Plateau? |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/iraqi-kurdistan-s-parliamentary-elections-inflection-point-or-plateau |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=Atlantic Council |date=5 October 2018}}

The biggest crisis facing Gorran and the source of many of its recent failings and resulting loss of popularity is the ongoing dispute over the parties assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars and include shares in several ongoing projects, including Gasin cement company and metro supermarket as well as 305,000 square meters of land property including the Gorran party headquarters{{cite news |title=Gorran Suffering from Serious Internal Crisis |url=http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/451167 |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=Basnews |date=11 July 2018}} which were secretly seized by Nawshirwan Mustafa's two sons after his death during the funeral while party supporters were in mourning.{{cite news |last1=Hawramy |first1=Fazel |title=Iraqi Kurdistan's Movement for Change faces rebellion from within |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/07/change-movement-nawshirwan-mustafa-kurdistan-iraq.html |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=Al-Monitor |date=9 July 2018}} The brothers’ ownership of the property is seen by many in a negative light and drew allegations of hypocrisy{{cite news |last1=Abdullah Azeez |first1=Hawkar |title=Gorran: A Party of Words, not Deeds |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/gorran-movement-a-party-of-words-not-deeds |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |date=29 October 2018}} and nepotism, one of the things Gorran was established against. The decision caused a public and political backlash when it was exposed in the independent newspaper Awena,{{cite news |title=Public Backlash: Title of Gorran Properties Transferred to Nawshirwan Mustafa's Offsprings |url=http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/374648 |access-date=27 February 2019 |agency=Basnews |date=29 August 2017}} and a growing number of middle- and high-ranking officials as well as grass-roots supporters are adding their voices to the uproar within the party. Mariwan Kanie, a former supporter of the party, has said their claims have damaged the principles of the party and this issue could lead to a disaster which will bring Gorran to its political end.

As a result of Gorran's political direction and subsequent failings after the death of Nawshirwan Mustafa, the party is now split between two main rival factions. The first faction is responsible for all decisions post-19 May 2017 and is seen as wanting to turn Gorran into a family-based party led by Omar Said Ali, Mustafa Said Qadir, Mohammad Tofiq Rahim and Nawshirwan's two sons. The second faction rejects Gorran becoming a family-based party and is led by Othman Haji Mahmud, Qadir Hagi Ali, Aram Ahmad, Dr. Yusuf Mohammed, Ali Hama Saleh and Abdulay Mala Nuri.{{cite web|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/07/change-movement-nawshirwan-mustafa-kurdistan-iraq.html|title=Iraqi Kurdistan's Movement for Change faces rebellion from within|last=Hawramy|first=Fazel|date=2018-07-09|website=Al-Monitor|language=en|access-date=2019-03-04}}

Corruption of Chia Nawshirwan and Nma Nawshirwan within Gorran have been exposed in the media,{{cite web|last=pointsoft|title=Market intervention and monopoly; Gorran under new wave of internal criticism|url=http://peregraf.com/en/political/53|access-date=2020-08-25|website=peregraf.com}} prominent members have called for their expulsion from the party by Omar Said Ali "for the sake of Gorran’s interest and staying on the right path", the dirty deals have been facilitated by members of the KRG cabinet, one such corrupt deal has been identified concerns two valuable pieces of land belonging to the government which are 75,000 m2 and 125,000 m2 in size. Kamal Salim Gorran's Minister of Trade and Industry in the KRG cabinet has signed the deals for Chia and Nma who are accused of betraying and selling out their father Nawshirwan Mustafa. In another example of Chia Nawshirwan and Nma Nawshirwan's on going corruption scandals, their links with Sulaimani Provincial Council member Muhammad Sheikh Wahab has been exposed, Wahab under Article 289 of the Iraqi Penal Code, which criminalizes falsifying official documents is facing charges of falsifying customs bills worth $10 million in which Nma and Chia are implicated.{{cite web|last=Corporation|first=Nalia|title=Police in Kalar raid home of Sulaimani Provincial Council member|url=https://nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=24377&MapID=1|access-date=2020-10-10|website=nrttv.com}}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Chia also called Chiya Nawshirwan was born in Iran and holds a bachelor's degree in economics and master's degree in Politics and International Relations both from Harvard University.{{cite news|title=Will the Gorran leader's son join his father's party politics?|work=Rudaw|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/050620172}}

Dana Ahmed Majid became the new leader and General Coordinator of Gorran on the 18th of September 2024 according to Independent High Electoral Commission.{{Cite web |title=The ceremony will be held in honor of Umar Sayyid Ali and the inauguration of Dana Ahmed Majeed as a public organizer. |url=https://www.knnc.net/en/Details.aspx?jimare=1985 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.knnc.net}} In a peaceful transition of power Omar Said Ali handed over the Gorran flag to Dana Ahmed Majid in a ceremony.{{Cite news |title=Gorran Movement holds leadership transition ceremony amid internal conflicts |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/37035-Gorran-Movement-holds-leadership-transition-ceremony-amid-internal-conflicts}} His first act as party leader was to officially remove the Gorran head quarters out of the Zargata hill, the location of HQ has been a major source of problems in past years over continued disputed ownership of the hill.{{Cite web |title=Leadership Rift Deepens in Gorran Movement Ahead of Kurdistan Elections |url=https://peregraf.com/en/news/7518 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=پەرەگراف |language=en}} Dana Ahmed Majid is only the third person to hold the Gorran leadership position. {{Cite news |title=Gorran appoints new leader amid inner turmoil |url=https://manage.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/28092024}}

Gorran suffered a humiliating defeat of not winning a single seat{{cite web|title=Has Iran lost grip over Baghdad after the Iraqi election?|url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/has-iran-lost-grip-over-baghdad-after-the-iraqi-election-50691|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Has Iran lost grip over Baghdad after the Iraqi election?|language=en}} in the 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections, the movement and the disastrous election campaign was led by Omar Said Ali and the two sons of founder Nawshirwan Mustafa.{{cite news|title=Gorran promises radical change after humiliating election defeat|work=Rudaw|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/111020213}}{{cite web|last=Erbil|first=The New Arab ــ|date=2021-10-20|title=The fate of Kurdish parties after Iraq's election|url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/fate-kurdish-parties-after-iraqs-election|access-date=2021-10-21|website=english.alaraby.co.uk/|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020220523/https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/fate-kurdish-parties-after-iraqs-election|url-status=dead}} On 13 October 2021 leadership decided to step down.{{cite tweet|number=1448326841337516036|user=Kirkuknow_DT|title=The executive cell, the leadership, of Gorran Movement (Movement for Change), the third largest political party in…|date=13 October 2021}} Political observers have said the election result was a fatal blow for Gorran “Gorran was born in 2009 but died in 2021”.{{cite news|title=Gorran suffers resounding defeat, New Generation takes unprecedented win|work=Rudaw|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/11102021}} The scale of Gorran's demise is represented by a 95% percent decrease in votes and it is now the sixth largest political party in the Kurdistan Region.{{cite web|title=Messages given in the elections in Iraq and Southern Kurdistan|url=https://anfenglish.com/features/messages-given-by-the-elections-in-iraq-and-southern-kurdistan-55527|access-date=2021-10-14|website=ANF News|language=en}}{{cite news|title=Iraqi elections 2021|work=Middle East Eye|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-elections-early-results-sadr-movement-making-gains}} Those identified with Gorran's collapse by the public are Omar Said Ali, Chia and Nma Nawshirwan, Mustafa Said Qadir, Jalal Jawher and Haval Abu Bakr.{{cite web|title=Diplomatic Magazine {{!}} Home|url=http://diplomaticmagazine.net/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=diplomaticmagazine.net}} Former Gorran supporters have held protests against Omar Said Ali and Chia Nawshirwan demanding they leave Gorran Headquarters and return the property held by them.{{cite web|title=Gorran supporters hindered from demonstrating near the movement's headquarters, source says|url=https://shafaq.com/en/kurdistan/gorran-supporters-hindered-from-demonstrating-near-the-movement-s-headquarters-source-says|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Gorran supporters hindered from demonstrating near the movement's headquarters, source says}} It is rumoured that Osman Haji Mahmoud and Dr. Yusuf Mohammed will jointly take over Gorran.{{cite web|title=October elections scatter the Gorran Movement's hawks|url=https://shafaq.com/en/Report/October-elections-scatter-the-Gorran-Movement-s-hawks|access-date=2021-10-16|website=October elections scatter the Gorran Movement's hawks}} Historian David McDowall states "In the end Gorran changed nothing".{{Cite book|last=McDowall|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TN4fEAAAQBAJ|title=A Modern History of the Kurds|date=2021-03-25|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-7556-0077-9|language=en}}

After having left Gorran, former MP Ali Hama Saleh founded a new opposition party by the name of National Stance Movement on 19 March 2024. The party is centered around the combat against corruption.{{cite news |last1=Staff member |title=حزبێكی نوێ له‌ سلێمانی راگه‌یه‌ندرا؛ عه‌لی حه‌مه‌ساڵح و هاوڕێكانی تێدایه‌ |url=https://www.xendan.org/detailnews/178264 |access-date=10 April 2024 |agency=Xendan |date=19 March 2024}} Among the founders of the party were other prominent former Gorran members like Serdar Qadir, Ghalib Muhammad, Behar Mehmûd and Daban Mihemed.{{cite web |last1=Qadir |first1=Serdar |title=سەردار قادر |url=https://zhyan.co/author.aspx?authorid=19 |website=Zhyan |access-date=11 April 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Staff member |title=غالب محەمەد: ئەو سوتەمەنییەی لە بەغداوە ڕەوانەی هەرێم دەکرێت بەسەر هاوڵاتیاندا دابەشنەکراوە |url=https://speemedia.com/dreja.aspx?=hewal&jmare=77997&Jor=1 |access-date=11 April 2024 |agency=Spee Media |date=14 July 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Staff member |title=دابان محه‌مه‌د به‌‌ سه‌رۆكی نوێی‌ فراكسیۆنی‌ گۆڕان له‌ په‌رله‌مانی‌ كوردستان هه‌ڵبژێردرا |url=https://gorran.net/Details_hawal.aspx?jimare=1132 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=Gorran |date=7 September 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Staff member |title=بەهار مەحمود: گۆڕان مافی خۆیەتی وەزارەتێک لە بەغدا وەربگرێت |url=https://gorran.net/Details_hawal.aspx?jimare=137 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=Gorran |date=17 December 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Staff member |title=عەلی حەمە ساڵح بە سه‌رۆكی رەوتی هەڵوێستی نیشتمانی هەڵبژێردرا |url=https://speemedia.com/dreja.aspx?=hewal&jmare=132384&Jor=1 |access-date=10 April 2024 |agency=Spee Media |date=19 March 2024}}

Another former Gorran MP, Ednan Usman, joined Lahur Sheikh Jangi's People's Front and was elected to be a candidate on the party's list in the 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election.{{cite news |last1=Rehîm |first1=Hêmin Baban |title=لاهوور شێخ جەنگی سەرۆکی تیمی بانگەشەی هەڵبژاردنی بەرەی گەل دەبێت |url=https://www.rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/0204202414-amp |access-date=5 April 2024 |agency=Rûdaw |date=2 April 2024}}

• Dana Ahmed Majid, general coordinator of Gorran.
• Vacant, coordinator of internal chambers.
• Vacant, coordinator of national assembly.
• Vacant, coordinator of public assembly.
• Vacant, coordinator of Parliament factions.
• Vacant, coordinator of regional representatives.
• Vacant, coordinator of public relations.

The national assembly's (Jivat) role is policy. It consists of leaders of Gorran blocs in Iraqi and Kurdish parliaments, coordinators of Gorran departments, district officials and representatives who were successful in Gorran's internal elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/5451.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127221208/http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/5451.html |archive-date=2012-11-27 |url-status=dead |title=Rudaw |access-date=2012-11-22 }}

The general assembly's (Jivat) role is advisory. It consists of former Gorran leaders who have held office and are now retired.

Notable Members

• Vice President Mustafa Said Qadir{{cite web |title=Kurdistan Region Vice President Mustafa Qadir Mustafa |url=https://presidency.gov.krd/en/mustafa-qadir-mustafa/ |website=presidency.gov.krd}}
• MP Dr Ghalib Muhammad{{cite web|last=Corporation|first=Nalia|title=Kurdish MP files lawsuits about KRG finances, judicial interference|url=https://www.nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=12689&MapID=1|access-date=2020-10-10|website=www.nrttv.com}}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• MP Ali Hama Saleh{{cite web|last=Osgood|first=Rawaz Tahir and Patrick|date=2014-02-18|title=Q&A: The Calculator|url=https://www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/qa-calculator-11833/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=Iraq Oil Report|language=en-US}}
• MP Kawa Muhammad{{cite web |date=2015-03-22 |title=More than 1,150 Peshmerga killed in war; ministers condemn executions |url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/220320152-amp |access-date=2020-10-10 |website=www.rudaw.net}}{{cite news|last=Bradley|first=Matt|date=2015-07-03|title=Iraq, Kurdistan Oil Deal Close to Collapse|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraq-kurdistan-oil-deal-close-to-collapse-1435922324|access-date=2020-10-10|issn=0099-9660}}
• MP Yousif Muhammed Sadiq{{cite web|author=Editorial Staff|date=2015-10-12|title=Iraqi Kurdistan parliament speaker prevented from entering Erbil|url=https://ekurd.net/kurdistan-parlt-speaker-prevented-2015-10-12|access-date=2020-10-10|website=Kurd Net - Ekurd.net Daily News|language=en-US}}

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