Adnan Mufti (politician)

Adnan Mufti
Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament
In office
30 January 2005 – 20 August 2009
Preceded byKamal Fuad
Succeeded byKemal Kirkuki
Personal details
Born1949 (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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "عه‌دنان موفتی سه‌رۆكی په‌رله‌مان لە خولی دووەم". پەرلەمانی کوردستان - عێراق (in Central Kurdish).
  2. ^ "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.