Salih Al-Yousify ( ku, ساڵح یوسفی January, 1918 – 25 June 1981) was a

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Iraqi poet and politician, former minister, and one of the most active members in the

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. Al-Yousify was one of the founder members of Brosik Association in 1938 Then one of the memorable founders of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan in 1946. Later, after the coup of July in 1958, he became responsible on the 5th branch of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan. In 1967, he became the head of Taakhi newspaper which speaks for the Democratic Party of

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. In 1970, after declaring the accord of March 11 he took over many political positions, such as state minister, vice-president of the Iraqi-Soviet’s Cooperation and Friendship Association, the president of the Kurdish Literati and Writers Union, a member of the Iraqi Council for Peace and Solidarity, and other political positions in Iraq. After the Algiers agreement between Iraq and

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in 1975, Salih Al-Yousify ended up settling in

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. In May, 1976 Al-Yousify founded the Kurdish Socialist Democratic Movement.

Death

Salih Al-Yousify was assassinated at his residence in Baghdad by an explosive post package on June 25, 1981

References

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