Nawshirwan Mustafa | |
|---|---|
 Nawshirwan Mustafa | |
| General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) | |
| In office 1 April 2009 – 19 May 2017[1] | |
| Succeeded by | Omar Said Ali |
| Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | |
| In office 1 November 1976 – 30 November 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Komala | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1944 Sulaymaniyah, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Died | 19 May 2017 (aged 72)[1] Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Citizenship | Iraq & UK |
| Nationality | Kurdish |
| Political party | Movement for Change |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Historian, Author, Scholar, Revolutionary, Peshmerga (Guerilla) Commander |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Branch/service | Peshmerga |
| Battles/wars | Iran-Iraq war |
Nawshirwan Mustafa (22 December 1944[2] – 19 May 2017) (Kurdish: نەوشیروان مستەفا) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the General Coordinator of the Movement for Change and the leader of the opposition in the Kurdistan Region from 1 April 2009 to his death on 19 May 2017.[3]
- ^ a b "Nawshirwan Mustafa dies in Sulaymaniyah". NRT News (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Akkaya, Gülşah Neslihan; Torlak, Furkan; Baştürk, Levent; Küçükkeleş, Müjge; Demir, Zehra Senem; Ziya, Saliha (23 September 2013). Irak Siyasetini Anlama Kılavuzu. ISBN 9786054023295.
- ^ Muir, Jim (24 July 2009). "Iraqi Kurds vote in 'vibrant' elections". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2009.