constituency religion occupation birth_place nationality party office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name otherparty alma_mater
sulaymaniyah sunni islam doctor and politician sulaymaniyah , kingdom of iraq iraq independent member of the council of representatives 1938 member council of the national assembly member of the governing march 2005 june 2004 july 2003 thumb mahmoud othman
 march 2005 28 june 2004 mahmoud othman kurdistan - 1980 -rrb- socialist democratic party kurdistan democratic party -lrb- 1962 university of baghdad
mahmoud othman

mahmoud ali othman -lrb- born 1938 -rrb- was a member of the interim iraq governing council created following the united states 's 2003 invasion of iraq .
a kurd and sunni muslim , othman was a member of the political bureau kurdistan democratic party -lrb- kdp -rrb- .
he then founded the kurdish socialist party .
he was also the chief negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the baath party .
he is now a leading member of the iraqi national assembly .
othman was born in sulaimaniyah .
he became politically active at the age of 18 .
he completed a degree in medicine at the university of baghdad where he received first-class honours.he has five daughters and three sons .
he was also a key player in the kurdish struggle for autonomy .
othman is now an independent politician best known for his press interviews .
he was also a front runner in the 1992 election in the kurdistan region .
he currently plays an advisory role towards kurdish national issues , taking no active part in recent elections in 2009 .
