Kemal Kirkuki

Kemal Kirkuki
Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament
In office
20 August 2009 – February 2012
Preceded byAdnan Mufti
Succeeded byArsalan Baiz
Personal details
Born1954 (age 71–72)
Kirkuk
Party Kurdistan Democratic Party

Kemal Kirkuki is an Iraqi Kurdish politician of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Kirkuki was born as Mohammed Qadir Abdullah in Kirkuk in 1954, and studied in a medical college. He joined Peshmerga at the age of fourteen. He was a member of the political bureau of Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was elected Speaker of the Parliament from August 2009 to February 2012. Later, Kirkuki was a regional commander of Peshmerga forces against ISIS.

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