Background
Othman was born in Sulaimaniyah.
politician Council of Representatives of Iraq
Othman was born in Sulaimaniyah.
He completed a degree in Medicine at the University of Baghdad where he received first-class honours.He has five daughters and three sons.
He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also a key player in the Kurdish struggle for autonomy. He was also a front runner in the 1992 election in the Kurdistan Region.
He currently plays an advisory role towards kurdish national issues, taking no active part in recent elections in 2009.
1954 - Joined the Kurdish Struggle
1968 - Became Mustafa Barzani"s Deputy dealing with foreign affairs of the revolution. 1970 - Chief Negotiator in the agreement of ceasefire between the Kurdish region and the Ba"th Party
1980 - He founded the Kurdish Socialist Party with Rasool Mahmend and Adnan Mufti
1980 - Became Leader of the Kurdish Socialist Party
1992 - Ran in the Kurdistan Regional Elections.
1992 - Went into exile in the United Kingdom. 1995 - First return from exile to the Kurdish region. 2001 - Was top politician in peace talks between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union Of Kurdistan (PUK)
2005 - Becomes head of the list of the Kurdistan Alliance in the forthcoming elections.
2010 - Leading Member of Parliament to form the Kurdish coalition for Baghdad which consists of (Kurdistani List, Change List, Services & Reform List, Islamic Parties).
He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He became politically active at the age of 18. Othman is now an independent politician best known for his press interviews.
He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly. 1962 - Became a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). 2003 - Became member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council
2004 - Became member of Iraqi National Assembly.
2006 - Elected member of Iraqi National Assembly.
2010 - Re-Elected member of Iraqi National Assembly for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sulaymaniyah Province.
