Kosrat Rasul Ali
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Kosrat Rasul Ali is a Kurdish
politician and prominent member of Iraqi President Jalal Talebani's party: the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
(PUK). He served as Prime Minister
for the PUK's as-Sulaymaniyah-based administration of Kurdistan from 1993 until 2001, when he was succeeded by Barham Salih
. Since the Kurdish reunification in 2005 he has served as Vice President to Kurdish President
Massoud Barzani
.
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
politician and prominent member of Iraqi President Jalal Talebani's party: the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is a Kurdish political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded on June 1, 1975, by coordinations between Jalal Talabani and Nawshirwan Mustafa...
(PUK). He served as Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan
The Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan heads the Kurdistan Regional Government, the government of Iraq's Kurdistan Autonomous Region. The government is elected as part of the Kurdistan National Assembly.-1992-2005:...
for the PUK's as-Sulaymaniyah-based administration of Kurdistan from 1993 until 2001, when he was succeeded by Barham Salih
Barham Salih
Barham Ahmad Salih is an Iraqi Kurdish politician. He is currently the prime minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He is married and has a daughter who attended Princeton University and a son who graduated from King's Academy in Madaba, Jordan and currently attends Columbia.-Early life:Dr....
. Since the Kurdish reunification in 2005 he has served as Vice President to Kurdish President
President of Iraqi Kurdistan
The President of Iraqi Kurdistan is the head of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. He is part of the Kurdistan Presidency Council.-1992-2005:...
Massoud Barzani
Massoud Barzani
Massoud Barzani is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad...
.
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- Born 1952 in the oilrich village of Shiwashok near the city of KoyaKoi SanjaqThe town Koi Sanjaq is located in the Erbil Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, close to the Iranian border.Wallace Lyon, travelling through the town in 1923, compared it to Sulaimani and noted that it was a centre for tobacco...
to a well-known family - In 1975 becomes a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and partakes in the Aylul, (September) Revolution, which was a Kurdish movement led By Mustafa BarzaniMustafa BarzaniMustafa Barzani also known as Mullah Mustafa was a Kurdish nationalist leader, and the most prominent political figure in the modern Kurdish politics. In 1946 he was chosen as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to lead the Kurdish revolution against Iraqi regimes...
- In the end of 1975 joins the KomalaKomalaKomala may refer to :* A. P. Komala was a South Indian playback singer.* Komala Saovamala was the Princess of Siam.* Komala's Restaurants is a Singapore-based restaurant-chain serving Indian vegetarian cuisine.* Komalah is a Kurdish political party in Iran....
Party and supervises student activities - In 1976, along with a number of his colleagues, he founded Kurdistan Students Group in KerkukKirkukKirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...
- In 1977, was arrested by the security agencies of the Ba'ath Party in Kirkuk for political activities; gets released in the same year as he confesses nothing
- After getting out of jail, he joins the Peshmarga fighters in the mountains. He took out 180,000 Iraqi Dinars from the agriculture market center in ErbilArbilArbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...
to give to the Peshmarga revolutionaries. It was a noticeable financial support for Peshmarga at the time. - In 1981 becomes a politburo member of Komala and director of secret branches
- In 1984 becomes chief of the Fourth Center of PUK
- In 1985 gets injured in a battle; a year later, leads both the Fourth as well as the Third enters of PUK after they are merged. Remains in this post till 1988
- In 1991 participates in Kurdistan's March Uprisings1991 uprisings in IraqThe 1991 uprisings in Iraq were a series of anti-governmental rebellions in southern and northern Iraq during the aftermath of the Gulf War. The revolt was fueled by the perception that the power of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was vulnerable at the time; as well as by heavily fueled anger at...
and was one of the most prominent commanders of liberating Erbil and Kirkuk cities - In 1992 elected as Member of Kurdistan Parliament
- In 1993 selected as the second prime minister of Kurdistan Regional GovernmentKurdistan Regional GovernmentThe Kurdistan Regional Government , , is the official ruling body of the predominantly Kurds-populated Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq...
(KRG) - He plays a commanding role in the civil war in Kurdistan from 1996 till 1998
- In 1996 becomes KRG Prime Minister of the Suleimaniya administration
- In 2001 resigns from that post and becomes Executive Director of PUK politburo
- Becomes the PUK candidate to hold the position of Vice President of Kurdistan and does so in 2005 after the electionsIraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 2005The Iraqi Kurdistan legislative elections of 2005 for the parliament of the Kurdistan Region, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005 and elections to the provincial councils...
.