Nawshirwan Mustafa

Nawshirwan Mustafa (22 December 1944[1] – 19 March 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician. He served as the General Coordinator (رێکخەری گشتی / rêkxerî giştî) of the Movement for Change (Kurdish: Bizûtinewey‌ Gorran بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان) from 2009 until his death in 2017. He served as the leader of the official opposition in the Kurdistan Region.[2] He was born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Mistafa died in Sulaymaniyah due to lung cancer on 19 May 2017 at the age of 72.[3]

References
  2. Muir, Jim (24 July 2009). "Iraqi Kurds vote in 'vibrant' elections". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  3. میدیاى فەرمى گۆڕان ڕایگەیاند، نەوشیروان مستەفا رێکخەری گشتی بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان کۆچی دواییکرد . Archived 2017-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Kurdish)


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