About Chamber
The Chamber is a Professional Economic Organization
A Chamber of Commerce is a professional economic organization with moral personality and independent administrative and financial autonomy. It is the true representative of its members and aims to organize and develop trade and industry.
The Erbil Chamber of Commerce was established on 7/9/1966 through elections by a number of merchants who were previously affiliated with the Mosul Chamber of Commerce. The first elected president was (Sheikh Ali Hajji Hassan Bazaz).
The Chamber has conducted nine election cycles so far, with the most recent election held on 30/11/2023. On 07/01/2024, the president and two vice presidents were appointed.
In 1995, by a decision of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Erbil branch of the Iraqi Industrial Unions was attached to it, becoming the Erbil Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In coordination with the Chambers of Commerce of Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk, the Chamber established the Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Kurdistan Region on 3/2/2007.