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Nawshirwan (Also Noshirwan) Mustafa is a prominent Kurdish politician and academic. He was the co-founder and until December 2006 the deputy secretary general and political bureau member for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the two leading political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iraq in general. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (est 1975) (Kurdish: Yakêtî Nîştimanî Kurdistan) is a Sunni political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. ...
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Motto: None Anthem: Ey Reqîb (English: Hey Guardian) Capital Arbil Largest city Erbil Official languages Kurdish, Arabic, (Assyrian (Syriac)) and (Iraqi Turkmen) [1] Government Parliamentary Democracy - President Masoud Barzani - Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani - Deputy Prime Minister Omer Fattah Hussain Formation of Autonomous Region - Autonomy Accord Agreement is Signed...
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Motto: None Anthem: Ey Reqîb (English: Hey Guardian) Capital Arbil Largest city Erbil Official languages Kurdish, Arabic, (Assyrian (Syriac)) and (Iraqi Turkmen) [1] Government Parliamentary Democracy - President Masoud Barzani - Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani - Deputy Prime Minister Omer Fattah Hussain Formation of Autonomous Region - Autonomy Accord Agreement is Signed...
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Languages Kurdish Religions Predominantly Sunni Muslim also some Shia, Yazidism, Yarsan, Judaism, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Iranian peoples (Talysh Baluch Gilak Bakhtiari Persians) The Kurds are an ethnic group who consider themselves to be indigenous to a region often referred to as Kurdistan, an area which includes adjacent parts...
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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (est 1975) (Kurdish: Yakêtî Nîştimanî Kurdistan) is a Sunni political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. ...
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Biography
Mustafa was born in 1944 on Ber Khaneke road in the city of Sulaimaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Following his graduation from high school, Mustafa attended Baghdad University were he attained a degree in political sciences. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
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Following graduation he returned to Sulaimaniyah and was editor of the Kurdish weekly newspaper "Rizgary" (Kurdish for Salvation) a weekly journal set up in the brief lull in hostilities between the central Iraqi government and its Kurdish population. During this period he and several other Kurdish intellectuals formed a secret nationalist party named Komala. He was exiled soon after for involvement in Kurdish politics. Whilst in exile he pursued academic studies in Austria. In 1975 whilst only 2 weeks from completing his doctoral thesis at the University of Vienna, Mustafa was informed that a new uprising was about to begin in Iraqi Kurdistan and he left immediately. Following his return, Mustafa quickly became a leading light of the Komalai Ranjdaran grouping (a forerunner of the modern day PUK) and became general secretary of this organisation, before taking part in the negotiations which led to the merging of the Komala with the Shoresh Garan grouping of current Iraqi president Jalal Talabani and the formation of the PUK. The Kurdish language is a language spoken in the region called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ...
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On the 5th of December 2006, Mr Nawshirwan Mustafa resigned from his post as the deputy leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). His resignation came as his deep reformist agenda was blocked by the Iraqi president and the leader of the PUK, Jalal Talabani. He is currently planning to create an independent Kurdish media centre in the city of Suleimani in Southern Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan).
Military career A military commander as well as a political figure, Mustafa holds a legendary status amongst the Kurdish people for his years of servitude, courage and tactical prowess in battle against the Ba'thist forces of Saddam. Mustafa both organised and lead the majority of the Kurdish resistance from its beginning in 1976 and was the most senior member of the PUK in Iraqi Kurdistan in the 1991 uprising which followed Iraq's defeat in the first Gulf war. As such, he took charge of the war of liberation fought by the Kurdish people, which involved the liberation of the Kurdish population centres of northern Iraq including Kirkuk (being recognised as the architect of the Raparin - the term given to the 1991 Kurdish uprising which led to the creation of the safe haven in Iraqi Kurdistan and subsequently autonomy). Following the 1991 uprising Mustafa resigned from his post as Secretary General of Komala, and dissolved the Komala wing of the PUK (which compiled over 95% of the PUK membership) to increase the unity within the PUK and allow for the transition of power from the Peshmerga (the military wing of the PUK) to the civilian population. Mustafa was then able to return to his initial career and began to organise Kurdish academia and wrote several books, while maintaining his political profile. Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter de la Billière, Khalid bin Sultan, Saleh Al-Muhaya, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 dead, 75,000 wounded The Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War...
Current Affairs Currently Mustafa is an independent Kurdish politician and writer living in the city of Suleimani in Kurdistan. In 2005-2006, he started a process of reform in the electoral system of PUK aiming to increase democracy within the party, end nepotism and to both allow and encourage the younger generation of Kurds to become actively involved in Kurdish politics. However due to differences and strong resistance from other factions of the PUK, especially that of Jalal Talabani, the process of reform failed. Consequently Mustafa resigned from his post and is working along new paths to implement reform within Kurdistan and Kurdish politics, and end the current reign of corruption and nepotism.[1]. After the recent scare over Jalal Talabanis health, Nawshirwan Mustafa has been recognized as the only feasible successor for the position of secretary general of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Books *"Kurds and Ejams"* A political history of Iranian Kurds
Published in: 1992
*"From the Danaube shore to the Nawzang valley" political events in Iraq Kurdistan from (1975-1978)
Published in: 1997
*"The fingers which break each other." Political events in Iraqi Kurdistan (1978-1983)
Published in: 1997
Discusses the often treacherous nature of contemporary Kurdish politics.
*"Going around in circles." The inside story of events in Iraqi Kurdistan (1984-1988)
Published in: 1998
An account of the diplomacy of the Kurdish liberation movement in the 1980s. A period in which Saddam Hussein launched the genocidal Anfal campaign against the Kurds.
(ISBN 3980614034)
*"The Government of Kurdistan" (22 January - 17 December 1946) Kurd's in the Soviet game.
Published in: 1993
A historical account of the short lived Kurdish republic of Mehabad.
(ISBN 9090063560)
*"The emirate of Baban between the grinding stones of the Persians and Turks"
Published in: 1998
A historical account of the early Kurdish principality of Baban (1500-1850), A frontier principality between the Ottoman and Safavid empires, which was a microcosm of the power struggles of the great Middle Eastern empires.
See also [1] Awene newspaper. Nawshirwan Msutafa resigns from the PUK http://www.kurdmedia.com/articles.asp?id=13685 The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (est 1975) (Kurdish: Yakêtî Nîştimanî Kurdistan) is a Sunni political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. ...
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