Najmiddin Karim
Najmiddin Karim (Kurdish: نەجمەدین کەریم; 1949 – 31 October 2020), also known as Najmaldin Karim,[2][3] was an Iraqi Kurdish politician. He was governor of Kirkuk Governorate from 2011 to 2017.[4] He was born in Kirkuk, Iraq. He left Iraq in 1975. He later completed neurosurgery training at George Washington University, and started his own medical practice in Washington, D.C. He helped to start the Kurdish National Congress of North America, and the Washington Kurdish Institute. He was often on the news. [5] He returned to Kirkuk in 2009.
Najmaldin Karim | |
|---|---|
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| Governor of Kirkuk | |
| In office 3 April 2011[1] – 16 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Mustafa |
| Member of the Council of Representatives | |
| In office 7 March 2010 – 2 April 2011 | |
| Constituency | Kirkuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 Kirkuk, Iraq |
| Died | (aged 71) Washington D.C., United States |
| Cause of death | stroke |
| Citizenship | Iraq United States |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Zozan |
| Relations | Bakhtiyar (brother) Azad (brother) |
| Children | 4 (Three sons and a daughter) |
| Alma mater | George Washington University University of Mosul |
| Profession | Neurosurgeon |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Peshmerga |
| Years of service | 1972–1975 |
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Karim died on 31 October 2020 at a hospital in Washington, D.C. at the age of 71.[6]
References
- ↑ Ali, Aram. Kirkuk's New Governor Sworn In. http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/iraq/3537.html.
- ↑ "Kurdish forces attack Islamic State west of Kirkuk". The Japan Times Online. 10 March 2015. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/10/world/kurdish-forces-attack-islamic-state-west-kirkuk/.
- ↑ "Iraq dismisses Kirkuk governor amid dispute with Kurds" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 14 September 2017. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/iraq-dismisses-kirkuk-governor-amid-dispute-with-kurds/article19684726.ece.
- ↑ Kurdistan24. Ex-Kirkuk governor lands in Erbil after reports of his arrest in Lebanon (in en). Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ↑ Najmaldin Karim (in en). The Washington Institute. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ↑ 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.