Abdul Rahman Mustafa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Abdul Rahman Mustafa

Iraqi politician

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1951

Place of Birth: Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq

Profession: politician

Nationality: Iraq

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Abdul Rahman Mustafa

  • Abdul Rahman Mustafa, The Kurdish mayor-governor of Kirkuk, was elected in 2003 by multiethnic Kirkuk City Council under supervision of Coalition Provisional Authority in Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq.
  • Has a law degree from Baghdad University.
  • Visited Dallas, Texas as part of partners for peace, an International Goodwill agreement with Dallas. After years of an Arab dominated government under Saddam Hussein, many Kurds celebrated the election of a Kurdish political representative.
  • Abdel Rahman Mustafa repeatedly denies allegation from Turkey and some Turkmen representative that any attempts have been made to change the demographic character of Kirkuk or to "re-kurdify" the city after Arabization program under the former Saddam Hussein regime.In 2006, there was an unsuccessful assassination attempt aimed at Mustafa by a suicide bomber, but he managed to survive.Mustafa submitted his resignation from his position as governor of Kirkuk in early 2011, citing the numerous problems facing Kirkuk and problems faced when trying to satisfy different parties in the province.

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