Mahmoud Othman

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Dr Mahmoud Ali Othman (born 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.

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 into exile in 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 Alliance in the forthcoming elections.
2006 - Elected member of Iraqi National Assembly.