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Mahmoud Othman | |
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| Member of the Council of Representatives | |
| Assumed office March 2005 | |
| Constituency | Sulaymaniyah |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office June 2004 – March 2005 | |
| Member of the Governing Council | |
| In office July 2003 – 28 June 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 (age 87–88) |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party Kurdistan Democratic Party (1962 – 1980) |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
| Occupation | Doctor and politician |
Mahmoud Ali Othman (born 1938) was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq.[1] A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).[2] He later founded the Kurdish Socialist Party.[3] He was involved in negotiations leading to the 1970 autonomy agreement with the Ba'ath Party.[4] He later served as a member of the Iraqi National Assembly.[5]
Othman was born in Sulaymaniyah in 1938.[6] He became politically active during his youth.[2] He completed a degree in medicine at the University of Baghdad, graduating with first-class honours.[7] He has eight children.[6]
Othman has been involved in Kurdish political movements advocating autonomy within Iraq.[2] In later years, he has acted as an independent politician and commentator, frequently giving press interviews on Kurdish and Iraqi political affairs.[8] He was a candidate in the 1992 Kurdistan regional elections.[9] Since the late 2000s, he has taken on an advisory role in Kurdish political issues and has not been an active candidate in subsequent elections.[10]
Timeline
[edit]- 1954 - Joined the Kurdish Struggle
- 1962 - Became a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
- 1968 - Became Mustafa Barzani's Deputy dealing with foreign affairs of the revolution.
- 1970 - Chief Negotiator in the agreement of ceasefire between the Kurdish region and the Ba'th Party
- 1980 - He founded the Kurdish Socialist Party with Rasool Mahmend, Adel Murad and Adnan Al Mufti
- 1980 - Became Leader of the Kurdish Socialist Party
- 1992 - Ran in the Kurdistan Regional Elections.
- 1992 - Went into exile in the UK.
- 1995 - First return from exile to the Kurdish region.
- 2001 - Was top politician in peace talks between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union Of Kurdistan (PUK)
- 2003 - Became member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council
- 2004 - Became member of Iraqi National Assembly.
- 2005 - Becomes head of the list of the Kurdistan Alliance in the forthcoming elections.
- 2006 - Elected member of Iraqi National Assembly.
- 2010 - Re-Elected member of Iraqi National Assembly for Al Sulaymaniyah Province
- 2010 - Leading MP to form the Kurdish coalition for Baghdad which consists of (Kurdistani List, Change List, Services & Reform List, Islamic Parties)
References
[edit]- ^ BBC News, "Iraq Governing Council: Members and Profiles", 2003
- ^ a b c McDowall, David. A Modern History of the Kurds, 2000
- ^ Encyclopaedia of the Modern Middle East, "Kurdish Socialist Party"
- ^ McDowall, David. A Modern History of the Kurds, 2000
- ^ Inter-Parliamentary Union, Iraq delegation profile
- ^ a b Europa World, "Mahmoud Othman"
- ^ Who's Who in the Middle East, 2001
- ^ The Guardian, "Mahmoud Othman on Kurdish politics", 2009
- ^ Human Rights Watch, "Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan", 1992
- ^ Al-Jazeera English, "Kurdish political commentary", 2009