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Arshad al-Salihi ( ar, أرشد الصالحي, tr, Erşat Salihi) is an
Iraqi Turkmen The Iraqi Turkmens (also spelled as Turkoman and Turcoman; tr, Irak Türkmenleri), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, Turkish-Iraqis, the Turkish minority in Iraq, and the Iraqi-Turkish minority ( ar, تركمان العراق; tr, Irak Türkleri ...
politician who has been leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front since May 2011, and a member of the
Iraqi parliament The Council of Representatives ( ar, مجلس النواب, Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy; ku, ئه‌نجومه‌نی نوێنه‌ران, ''Enjumen-e Nûnerên''), usually referred to simply as the Parliament is the unicameral legislature o ...
since 2010.


Early life and education

Salihi was born in the Musalla district of Kirkuk in 1959. He completed primary and secondary education in Kirkuk, later entering the Faculty of Science at the
University of Baghdad The University of Baghdad (UOB) ( ar, جامعة بغداد ''Jāmi'at Baghdād'') is the largest university in Iraq, tenth largest in the Arab world, and the largest university in the Arab world outside Egypt. Nomenclature Both University ...
in 1978.


Career

After secondary school, Salihi began participating in pro-Turkmen political activities, resulting in his arrest by the Ba'athist government in 1979. He spent nine years in Abu Ghraib Prison as a political prisoner. His older brother was executed by the government and his family was expelled to the southern parts of Iraq. After the fall of Saddam in 2003, he became the representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front in his native Musalla. After 2004, he served as representative of the party in Syria for 4 years. In 2008 at the Iraqi Turkmen Congress, he was elected as the party's head in Kirkuk. He was elected to the Iraqi Parliament from Kirkuk in the 2010 parliamentary elections. In 2011, Salihi's home was damaged by a mortar attack, and in 2013 he survived an assassination attempt. In May 2011, he succeeded Sadettin Ergeç and became the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front. In 2014 he became the deputy chairman of the party. In 2014, Salihi was elected as chairman of the Iraqi Parliamentary
Human Rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...
Committee."Salihi nominated as head of HR Parliamentary Committee"
''Iraqi News''. By Ahmed Hussein - Sep 22, 2014


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salihi, Arshad 1959 births Living people People from Kirkuk Governorate Iraqi Turkmen Front politicians Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq