The Kurdish Democratic Party in Lebanon (Kurdish: Parti a Demoqrat a Kurdi e Lubnan; Arabic: Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi Lubnan) or Parti Democratique Kurde – Liban (PDK-L) in French, is the Lebanese branch of a namesake Iraqi-based Kurdish nationalist party, established by Jamil Mihhu in 1960, and based in Lebanon.[1] However, it was not licensed until 24 September 1970.[2]