Salih First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Yousify was a Kurdish Iraqi politician, former minister, and one of the most active members in the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq.
Career
Later, after the coup of July in 1958, he became responsible on the 5th branch of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan. In 1967, he became the head of Taakhi newspaper which speaks for the Democratic Party of Kurdistan. After the Algiers agreement between Iraq and Iran in 1975, Salih First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Yousify ended up settling in Baghdad.
Salih First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Yousify was assassinated at his residence in Baghdad by an explosive post package on June 25, 1981.
Politics
In May, 1976 First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Yousify founded the Kurdish Socialist Democratic Movement.
Membership
In 1970, after declaring the accord of March 11 he took over many political positions, such as state minister, vice-president of the Iraqi-Soviet’s Cooperation and Friendship Association, the president of the Kurdish Literati and Writers Union, a member of the Iraqi Council for Peace and Solidarity, and other political positions in Iraq.