Najmiddin Karim

Najmiddin Karim (; 1949 – 31 October 2020), also known as Najmaldin Karim, was an Iraqi Kurdish politician. He was governor of Kirkuk Governorate from 2011 to 2017. He was born in Kirkuk, Iraq.  He left Iraq in 1975. He later completed neurosurgery training at George Washington University, and started his own medical practice in Washington, D.C.  He  helped to start the Kurdish National Congress of North America, and the Washington Kurdish Institute.  He was often on the news.  He returned to Kirkuk in 2009.

Karim died on 31 October 2020 at a hospital in Washington, D.C. at the age of 71.FORMER KIRKUK GOVERNOR NAJMADIN KARIM DIES AT 47 IN US: HIS OFFICE , NRT, Published 31 Oct 2020.

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