Politician Muhammad Qadir Abdullah, known by the names (Dr. Kemal Kirkukî and Nuri), joined the Kurdistan Qutb Union (Students) in 1967 and the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces in 1968. He was elected as a member of the central committee at the ninth congress in 1979 and as a member of the central committee at the tenth congress in 1989, eleventh in 1993 and twelfth in 1999. In 2010, he was elected as a member of the leadership council at the thirteenth congress and as a member of the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the first meeting of the leadership council. In 1992, he was appointed as the assistant minister of humanitarian cooperation of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the first cabinet. In 2005, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Kurdistan National Council (Parliament of Kurdistan) in the second term and in 2009, he became the Chairman of the Kurdistan National Council in the third term. The recipient of the medal is Barzani.

Biography

Kemal Kirkuk was born in 1954 in Kirkuk. He studied at Tehran University of Medicine in 1973, but dropped out in 1975 after the September Revolution. In 2013, he received an honorary doctorate from the American University of Science and Technology in Lebanon. In 1992, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Humanitarian Cooperation of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the first cabinet. In 2005, he became Deputy Chairman of the Kurdistan National Council in the second term, and in 2009, he became Chairman of the Kurdistan National Council in the third term. He is fluent in Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, and English.

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Kemal Kirkukı contacted the Kurdistan Qutbist (Student) Union in 1967 and the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces in 1968. In 1975, he was promoted by his friend Masoud Barzani for preparation May Revolution In 1976, he became a member of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Berlin conference and in the same year, he commanded the 1976 Civilizations War against the Iraqi army in Sulaymaniyah province, where he was wounded.

He was elected as a member of the central committee at the ninth congress in 1979, and as a member of the central committee at the tenth congress in 1989, eleventh in 1993, and twelfth in 1999. In 2010, he was elected as a member of the leadership council at the thirteenth congress and as a member of the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the first meeting of the leadership council. In 2022, he was elected as a member of the central committee at the fourteenth congress and as a member of the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the first meeting of the leadership committee, and became the head of the Kirkuk provincial organization school.

He has supervised the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Austria, Germany, France, the United States and Canada. During his work within the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he has received several duties and responsibilities. As Deputy Head of the Second Division Committee in 1989, Head of the First Division Committee in 1989, Head of the Public and Vocational School in 1992, Head of the Seventh Division Committee for the United States and Canada in 1998, Head of the Sixth Division Committee for Europe in 1999, Head of the Communications School in 2013, Chairman of the Kirkuk-Garmiyan Leadership Council in 2018, etc.

In 1991, he participated in the uprising in Southern Kurdistan in the province of Duhok as a leader and commander and defended the Zakho front during the million-strong displacement. In 1992, he was appointed as the assistant minister of humanitarian cooperation of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the first cabinet. In 2003, he was responsible for the operation to liberate Kirkuk and served as the President's Representative in Kirkuk with the allies. Masoud Barzani has been.

In 2005, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Kurdistan National Council for the second term, and in 2009, he became the Chairman of the Kurdistan National Council for the third term. In 2010, due to his work in the September, May and Southern Kurdistan Revolutions and the period of sovereignty, he was awarded the title of President of the Kurdistan Region. Masoud Barzani He has received the Barzani Immortal Medal.

In 2014, he became the commander of the West Kirkuk Axis against ISIS and was injured in one of those battles.

In 2022, he was elected as a member of the central committee at the fourteenth congress and as a member of the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the first meeting of the leadership committee.

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Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Archive.