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ThePopular Unity Party was apolitical party inIraq led by Youssif Hamdan. It was founded in 1995 and was initially known as theCommunist Party of Iraq (CPI). The CPI split away from theIraqi Communist Party during the latter period ofSaddam Hussein'sregime. Many saw the CPI as a puppet party of the regime, whose existence would give the outside world an impression that the country was a multi-party state. The party met with foreign delegations visitingIraq. It seemed the intentions of the party would've been to join the government as a junior partner within theNational Progressive Front, similar to thecoalition of the same name set-up in neighbouringSyria, but the idea was later discarded. The CPI was never given possibility to register as a legal party, though its leader was in the Iraqi parliament as of 2001.^[1]

Following thefall of the Saddam's regime in 2003, the party was reconstructed as the Popular Unity Party.

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