Jawhar Namiq Salim

Jawhar Namiq Salm (Salim Sorani) (July 1, 1946 - March 22, 2011), was a political leader, philanthropist, writer, peace maker, and first president of the Kurdistan National Assembly .

Jawhar Namiq Salim Ismail Darwish Murad Khan was born in 1946 in the village Birlout, near the town of Kalar in the Kurdistan Region. His father, Namiq Salim Jaf, was a prominent founding member of the Hiwa (Hope) Kurdish party in the Germian area during the 1940s. Jawhar joined the Kurdistan Students Union during the 1960s. He was the leader of the "Belisa" (Tourch) students organisation, the most active and organised section of the KDP in Baghdad. Most of today's KDP leaders were members of "Belisa". He obtained a BA Honours degree in Economics & Politics from the Al-Mustansiriya University - Baghdad

In 1972 he joined the resistance of the September (Gulan) revolution. He worked at the KDP-HQ as deputy director of its administration. He also was a lecturer at KDPs "school of Kaders". He undertook many studies of Kurdistans economy, including the petrolium industry. In 1974 he became a prominent leader of the Kirkuk region and since then has become the confidant of the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani. After the collapse of Kurdish residence - the September Revolution - in March 1975, Jawher began to lay the groundwork for a new strategy, new organisation and new program for KDP. He wrote the first statement announcing the 26 May (Gulan) revolution and it was under his command that the first fighting against the army of Saddam Hussein took place. He served as field leader of the KDP provisional leadership in the Badinan region for 3 years. From this point he was known as Saleem Surani. He became a polite bureau member until the 8th congress in 1979, when he declined to nominate himself for the new leadership despite heavy pressure to do so. He supported the outcome of the congress and its leadership and stayed close to the leadership, especially the then president Massoud Barzani.

From 1980 he lived in exile in - Sweden and remained an independent KDP member. In Sweden he was active in the preparation of new young kaders for the KDP.

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