Abdul Rahman Mustafa, The Kurdish

Kurdish people

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 mayor

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-governor

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 of Kirkuk

Kirkuk

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, was elected in 2003 by multiethnic Kirkuk City Council under supervision of Coalition Provisional Authority

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 in Post-Saddam Hussein

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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

 Iraq

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. Has a law degree from Baghdad

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 University. Visited Dallas, Texas

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 as part of partners for peace, an International Goodwill

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 agreement with Dallas.

After years of an Arab dominated government under Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

, many Kurds celebrated the election of a Kurdish political representative.Abdel Rahman Mustafa repeatedly denies allegation from Turkey

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 and some Turkmen

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 representative that any attempts have been made to change the demographic character of Kirkuk

Kirkuk

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 or to "re-kurdify" the city after Arabization

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 program under the former Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

regime.

In 2006, there was an unsuccessful assassination attempt aimed at Mustafa by a suicide bomber, but he managed to survive.