Firsat Sofi Ali ( ku, فرسەت سۆفی, 21 May 1978 – 18 November 2020) was an Iraqi

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politician of the

Kurdistan Democratic Party The Kurdistan Democratic Party ( ku, Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê; پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the largest party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Gov ...

(KDP).

Biography

He was born in Gazna village in Choman District. Firsat was the Governor of

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

until he died due to

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on 18 November 2020. Sofi held a PhD in International Law from Salahaddin University and taught law at Erbil's Polytechnic University. He was also a legal advisor at the Kurdistan Region Presidency’s office. Sofi contracted Coronavirus on October 19 and was flown to Turkey for medical treatment in Istanbul's Memorial hospital on November 2. Following his death, President Nechirvan Barzani offered condolences to Sofi's family, describing him as "an active parliamentarian and competent legal expert who had a significant role in the Kurdistan Parliament." Barzani added that "His professionalism, integrity, patriotism, and devotion has made Dr. Firsat much loved by the public." After his death,

Omed Khoshnaw Omed Abdulrahman Hassan known as Omed Khoshnaw (Kurdish: ئومێد خۆشناو, born 1 June 1977) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (K.D.P). Khoshnaw is the current Erbil governor. He succeeded former governor F ...

become new governor of Erbil.

References

1978 births 2020 deaths Iraqi Kurdistani politicians Kurdistan Democratic Party politicians Members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament People from Erbil Governorate Governors of Erbil Governorate Salahaddin University-Erbil alumni Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey {{Kurdistan-stub