Adnan Mufti (politician)
Adnan Mufti | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament | |
| In office 30 January 2005 – 20 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Kamal Fuad |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Kirkuki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 75–76) Erbil |
| Party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
Adnan Mufti is an Iraqi Kurdish politician of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Mufti was born in 1949 in Erbil. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting.[1] He joined Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1963.[1] In 1975, he joined the founding committee of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.[1] In 1978 he returned to Iraqi Kurdistan and participated in the new revolution as a Peshmerga.[1] In 1979 he was one of the founding members of the Kurdistan Socialist Party.[1]
In 1999, Mufti was appointed as the minister of municipalities, minister of finance and economy and deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government.[1] He was elected Speaker of the Parliament[1] after the elections of 2005[2] until 20 August 2009.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "عهدنان موفتی سهرۆكی پهرلهمان لە خولی دووەم". پەرلەمانی کوردستان - عێراق (in Central Kurdish).
- ^ "The Kurdish Question: Identity, Representation and the Struggle for Self- Determination: Identity, Representation and the Struggle for Self- Determination". KW Publishers Pvt Ltd. 15 July 2015.