Mahmoud Othman
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Dr Mahmoud Ali Othman (b. 1938) was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly.
Othman was born in Slemani. He became politically active at the age of 18. He completed a degree in Medicine at the University of Baghdad where he received first-class honours.
Othman's main political rivals are Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani, who are the leaders of the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan respectively. He was also a key player in the Kurdish struggle for autonomy. Othman is now an independent politician best known for his press interviews. He was also a front runner in the 1992 election in the Kurdistan Region.
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- 1954 - Joined the Kurdish Struggle
- 1962 - Became a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
- 1968 - Became Mustafa Barzani's Deputy
- 1970 - Chief Negotiator in the agreement of ceasefire between the Kurdish region and the Ba'th Party
- 1980 - He founded the Kurdish Socialist Party with Rasool Mahmend and Adnan Mufti
- 1980 - Became Leader of the Kurdish Socialist Party
- 1992 - Ran in the Kurdistan Regional Elections.
- 1992 - Went in exile to the UK
- 1995 - First return from exile to the Kurdish region.
- 2001 - Was top politician in peace talks between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union Of Kurdistan (PUK)
- 2003 - Became member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council
- 2004 - Became member of Iraqi National Assembly.
- 2005 - Becomes head of the list of the Kurdistan Coalition in the forthcoming elections.
- 2006 - Elected member of Iraqi Parliament.
