Kemal Kirkuki
Kemal Kirkuki | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament | |
| In office 20 August 2009 – February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Adnan Mufti |
| Succeeded by | Arsalan Baiz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 (age 71–72) Kirkuk |
| Party | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
Kemal Kirkuki is an Iraqi Kurdish politician of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.[1]
Kirkuki was born as Mohammed Qadir Abdullah in Kirkuk in 1954, and studied in a medical college.[1] He joined Peshmerga at the age of fourteen.[2] He was a member of the political bureau of Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was elected Speaker of the Parliament[1] from August 2009 to February 2012. Later, Kirkuki was a regional commander of Peshmerga forces against ISIS.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c "د.كهمال كهركوكی جێگری سهرۆكی پهرلهمان". پەرلەمانی کوردستان - عێراق (in Central Kurdish).
- ^ a b Frantzman, Seth J. "Where ISIS Ends and Kurdistan Begins". The National Interest.
- ^ "Peshmerga commander: We are planning for future operations against ISIS". www.rudaw.net.