Mahmoud Othman


Mahmoud Ali Othman was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He later founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was involved in negotiations leading to the 1970 autonomy agreement with the Ba'ath Party. He later served as a member of the Iraqi National Assembly.
Othman was born in Sulaymaniyah in 1938. He became politically active during his youth. He completed a degree in medicine at the University of Baghdad, graduating with first-class honours. He has eight children.
Othman has been involved in Kurdish political movements advocating autonomy within Iraq. In later years, he has acted as an independent politician and commentator, frequently giving press interviews on Kurdish and Iraqi political affairs. He was a candidate in the 1992 Kurdistan regional elections. Since the late 2000s, he has taken on an advisory role in Kurdish political issues and has not been an active candidate in subsequent elections.

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