Mahmoud Othman
Iraqi Kurdish politician (born 1938)
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Mahmoud Ali Othman[a] (born 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician. He 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.[2] He later served as a member of the Iraqi National Assembly.[4]
1938 (age 87–88)
affiliations
Kurdistan Democratic Party
(1962 – 1980)
Mahmoud Othman | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Mahmoud Ali Othman 1938 (age 87–88) |
| Party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party Kurdistan Democratic Party (1962 – 1980) |
| Children | 8 |
| University of Baghdad | |
| Occupation | Doctor and politician |
Othman was born in Sulaymaniyah in 1938.[5] He became politically active during his youth.[2] He completed a degree in medicine at the University of Baghdad, graduating with first-class honours.[6] He has eight children.[5]
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.[7] He was a candidate in the 1992 Kurdistan regional elections.[8] 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.[9]
Timeline
- 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)