Ismail Ahmed Rajab Al Hadidi is an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

politician who served as the deputy for the

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Kirkuk Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...

. Al Hadidi was born in 1955, and was elected as deputy for the mayor of Kirkuk,

Abdul Rahman Mustafa Abdul Rahman Mustafa, The Kurdish mayor-governor of Kirkuk, was elected in 2003 by multiethnic Kirkuk City Council under supervision of Coalition Provisional Authority in Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Has a law degree from Baghdad University. Visited ...

in 2003 by the

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city council of Kirkuk, after a

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's organized

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for a local city council in Kirkuk in May 2003, in post- Saddam Iraq. Al Hadidi was wounded in the leg in an

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attempt in November 2003.

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1955 births Living people People from Kirkuk Iraqi Kurdistani politicians {{Iraq-politician-stub