Mala Bakhtiyar | |
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حیکمەت محەممەد کەریم (مەلا بەختیار) | |
Born | Hikmat Muhammad Karim August 20, 1954 |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Other names | Mala Bakhtiyar |
Citizenship | Iraq |
Occupation(s) |
politician Writer |
Years active | 1970–Present |
Title | leader of the supreme political council of PUK |
Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
Hikmat Muhammad Karim (born 20 August 1954, Khanaqin), [1] known as Mala Bakhtiyar or Mala Bakhtiar ( Kurdish: مهلا بهختیار ,Mela Baxtiyar), [2] [3] is a political leader and a Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician. [4] He is a commander and General of the Kurdish PUK Peshmerga forces and is considered one of the most powerful people in Iraq. [5] Mala Bakhtiar is the former chief of the Executive Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. [6] He is now the Joint leader of the Supreme political council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), alongside Kosrat Rasul Ali. [7]
1986, Bakhtiyar left the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to found his own party, called Alayî Şoriş (Banner of Revolution). Four years later, the party merged into the Kurdistan Toilers' Party. [8] Following the 1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election however, Mala Bakhtiyar and most of the former Alayî Şoriş leadership left the party and rejoined the PUK. There, he became part of the party's leadership council. [9]
Mala Bakhtiar was awarded a medal for being the best national and intellectual figure of the middle east by the International Union of Economists and Managers in the European Union and was recognized as an international democratic figure in 2014. [10] His power is on the rise after the PUK held its 4th congress on 19 December 2019, during which he was elected into the Supreme Political Council of the PUK. [11] In November 2021, it was reported that he was being treated after being poisoned. [12] On 13 November 2021, after receiving treatment in Berlin, Germany, he returned to Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan, where he received a Hero’s welcome. [13]
Mala Bakhtiyar | |
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حیکمەت محەممەد کەریم (مەلا بەختیار) | |
Born | Hikmat Muhammad Karim August 20, 1954 |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Other names | Mala Bakhtiyar |
Citizenship | Iraq |
Occupation(s) |
politician Writer |
Years active | 1970–Present |
Title | leader of the supreme political council of PUK |
Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
Hikmat Muhammad Karim (born 20 August 1954, Khanaqin), [1] known as Mala Bakhtiyar or Mala Bakhtiar ( Kurdish: مهلا بهختیار ,Mela Baxtiyar), [2] [3] is a political leader and a Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician. [4] He is a commander and General of the Kurdish PUK Peshmerga forces and is considered one of the most powerful people in Iraq. [5] Mala Bakhtiar is the former chief of the Executive Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. [6] He is now the Joint leader of the Supreme political council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), alongside Kosrat Rasul Ali. [7]
1986, Bakhtiyar left the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to found his own party, called Alayî Şoriş (Banner of Revolution). Four years later, the party merged into the Kurdistan Toilers' Party. [8] Following the 1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election however, Mala Bakhtiyar and most of the former Alayî Şoriş leadership left the party and rejoined the PUK. There, he became part of the party's leadership council. [9]
Mala Bakhtiar was awarded a medal for being the best national and intellectual figure of the middle east by the International Union of Economists and Managers in the European Union and was recognized as an international democratic figure in 2014. [10] His power is on the rise after the PUK held its 4th congress on 19 December 2019, during which he was elected into the Supreme Political Council of the PUK. [11] In November 2021, it was reported that he was being treated after being poisoned. [12] On 13 November 2021, after receiving treatment in Berlin, Germany, he returned to Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan, where he received a Hero’s welcome. [13]