Yusuf Salman Yusuf
| Yusuf Salman Yusuf | |
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| Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party | |
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In office 1943–1949 |
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| Preceded by | Position created, Abdullah Mas'ud (previous leader) |
| Succeeded by | Baha' al-Din Nuri |
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Yusuf Salman Yusuf ܝܘܣܦ ܣܠܡܢ ܝܘܣܦ
1901 Baghdad, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 14 February 1949 |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Iraqi Communist Party |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Syriac Orthodox |
Yusuf Salman Yusuf
Yusuf Salman Yusuf (Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ ܣܠܡܢ ܝܘܣܦ, Arabic: يوسف سلمان يوسف) better known by his nom de guerre Fahd (Arabic: فهد), (Baghdad 1901 – 14 February 1949), was an ethnic Assyrian and was one of the first Iraqi communist activists and was first secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party from 1941 until his death on the gallows in 1949. He is generally credited with a vital role in the party’s rapid organizational growth in the 1940s. For the last two years of his life he directed the party from prison.
Yusuf Salman Yusuf was born in Baghdad in 1901 to a father from an Assyrian village in the province of Mosul, northern Iraq. His family was humble, and his father is recorded as having made his living selling cakes and sweets. In 1907 he moved with his family to Basra in the south of the country in search of a better livelihood.
Yusuf attended the Syriac Christian School in Basra from 1908 to 1914, and the American Mission School in the city from 1914 to 1916. His education was then interrupted as his father had fallen ill and he had to seek employment for the family’s upkeep. He first took a job as a translator and clerk with the British Army in Basra, before moving to Nasiriyah in 1919 to help his brother run a mill. In 1924 he returned to Basra and gained employment as a clerk at the Electricity Supply Authority. He also goes by Fahad Squad.
In 1927, Yusuf met Piotr Vasili, an undercover emissary of the Comintern, who introduced him to socialism and communism. He took part in the first communist circle established that year in al-Nasiriyya.
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