"Hope, Trust, and Guarantee": Masrour Barzani Honors KDP's 80th Anniversary and His Father's Birthday in Landmark Message
KDP Deputy President calls President Barzani the hope and guarantor of Kurdistan's security, stability, and constitutional framework as the party marks eight decades of national struggle on August 16
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - Masrour Barzani, Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, issued a heartfelt and nationally significant message on Sunday marking the 80th anniversary of the KDP's founding and the birthday of his father, KDP President Masoud Barzani, describing the occasion as one of the most luminous days in the history of the Kurdish people.
"On the occasion of August 16, the birthday of our national leader and my beloved father President Barzani, and the 80th founding anniversary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, I extend my warmest congratulations to President Barzani and his family, to the proud families of martyrs and Anfal victims, to the free and heroic Peshmerga of Kurdistan, and to the members, supporters, friends, and all Kurdistani people," Masrour Barzani wrote.
The Most Luminous Day in Kurdish History
Masrour Barzani opened his message by placing the August 16 anniversary within the broadest possible historical frame, describing the founding of the KDP by the immortal Mustafa Barzani as one of the most radiant days in the entire history of the Kurdish people. The KDP, he said, is the oldest, greatest, and most powerful party in Kurdistan, a characterization rooted in eight decades of national struggle, sacrifice, and historical achievement that no other Kurdish political organization can match in breadth or continuity.
The message paid tribute to KDP founder Mustafa Barzani, described as the historical leader and spiritual father of the Kurdish people, and to the late Idris Barzani, whose memory is kept alive alongside the countless fighters and martyrs who gave their lives across the decades of the party's struggle.
President Masoud Barzani: Hope, Trust, and Guarantee
The most striking passage of Masrour Barzani's message was his description of his father's role in Kurdistan's present and future. The language moved beyond political tribute into a statement of institutional confidence, framing President Masoud Barzani not merely as a political leader but as the living guarantee of the Kurdistan Region's security, stability, and constitutional framework.
"The party and President Barzani are the hope and trust of the people of Kurdistan, the guarantor of protecting and advancing the security and stability of the Kurdistan Region's constitutional framework, the culture of peaceful coexistence among Kurdistan's components, and the architect of Kurdistan's revival, construction, and progress," Masrour Barzani wrote.
The characterization of President Masoud Barzani as an architect of revival and construction reflects the Ninth Cabinet's own governing narrative, in which the physical and institutional development of the Kurdistan Region, from the Runaki electricity project to dam construction, highway development, and environmental reform, is presented as the tangible expression of a decades-long national vision.
Under President Masoud Barzani's Leadership: Continuing the Sacred Barzani Path
Masrour Barzani also addressed the KDP's ideological and historical continuity, describing the party under President Masoud Barzani's leadership as the continuation of the sacred Barzani path established by Mustafa Barzani, and as an organization that continues to record great and historic achievements that are a source of pride for every sincere Kurdistani person.
The framing of the KDP's contemporary governance achievements as a direct continuation of Mustafa Barzani's founding vision is central to the party's political identity, connecting the practical accomplishments of the Ninth Cabinet to the revolutionary legacy of the Kurdish liberation movement in a narrative arc that spans eight decades of unbroken struggle.
A Day That Belongs to All of Kurdistan
Masrour Barzani closed his message with a declaration of collective ownership over the August 16 occasion, addressing not only party members and Peshmerga but all Kurdistani people, extending the anniversary beyond partisan boundaries into a moment of shared national pride. "May the anniversary of August 16 always be glorious," he wrote.
The message, signed in his capacity as Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, carries particular weight on a day when the KDP's Political Bureau also issued its own landmark 80th anniversary statement pledging to protect the Region's constitutional status, form a strong Tenth Cabinet, and keep Kurdistan insulated from the conflicts and crises of the surrounding region.