Farsat Ahmad Abdullah

Minister of Justice

Year of Birth: 1946

Marital Status: Married

Place of Residence: Duhok

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Head of Sub-districts Mzori Balla (Sherwan Mazn), Doski (Mangesh), Nervarekan - Rezgari (Ibrahim Khalil), 1970 – 1974.
Joined freedom movement of Kurdistan, appointed as Mayor of Duhok, 1974-1975.
Resigned from Mayoral position and started to practice as a Lawyer, 1980 – 1992.
Member of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Council,
Secretary of the Kurdistan Parliament and member of its Leadership Council, 1992 – 2003. Continued in his position for 3 terms of Parliament in which he participated and contributed to many legislative activities.
Attended the opposition congress in London, 2002.
Member of the Committee for Drafting the Kurdistan and Iraq Constitution, 2002.
Member of the Iraqi Parliament Council to set up the election mechanism, Baghdad, 2003.
Attended meetings of the Iraqi Leadership Council as an assistant to the KDP’s delegation led by his excellency, President Barzani. Represented Kurdistan in Parliament’s committees
Head of Follow-up Committee for the Iraqi-Kurdistan Constitution, 2006 -2008.
Advisor to the KRG on Federal and Constitutional matters since 2015.

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