Najmiddin Karim

Najmadin Karim
Governor of Kirkuk
In office
3 April 2011[1] – 16 October 2017
Preceded byAbdul Rahman Mustafa
Member of the Council of Representatives
In office
7 March 2010 – 2 April 2011
ConstituencyKirkuk
Personal details
Born1949 (1949)
Kirkuk, Iraq
Died (aged 71)
Washington, D.C., United States
Cause of deathstroke following diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in fall of 2019
CitizenshipIraq
United States
Political partyIndependent
SpouseZozan
RelationsBakhtiyar (brother)
Azad (brother)
Children4 (Three sons and a daughter)
Alma materGeorge Washington University
University of Mosul
ProfessionNeurosurgeon
Military service
Branch/servicePeshmerga
Years of service1972–1975

Najmiddin Karim (Kurdish: نەجمەدین کەریم; 1949 – 31 October 2020),[2] also known as Najmadin Karim,[3][4] was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who was governor of Kirkuk Governorate from 2011 to 2017.[5] Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Karim had served in numerous Kurdish and Iraqi opposition groups.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rudaw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ FORMER KIRKUK GOVERNOR NAJMADIN KARIM DIES AT 47 IN US: HIS OFFICE Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, NRT, Published 31 Oct 2020.
  3. ^ "Kurdish forces attack Islamic State west of Kirkuk". The Japan Times Online. 10 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Iraq dismisses Kirkuk governor amid dispute with Kurds". The Hindu. 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ Kurdistan24. "Ex-Kirkuk governor lands in Erbil after reports of his arrest in Lebanon". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2019-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)