Salaheddine Bahaaeddin

Salaheddine M Bahaaeddin
Salaheddine M Bahaaeddin
	صلاح الدين محمد بهاء الدين
Secretary General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2016
Preceded by	Mohammed Faraj
	In office; 1994–2008
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Hadi Ali
Member of the Governing Council
	In office; July 2003 – 28 June 2004
Preceded by	Council created
Succeeded by	Council dissolved
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 70–71); Tawella, Halabja, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Political party	Kurdistan Islamic Union
Profession	Politician, Teacher

Salahaddin Muhammad Bahaaddin Sadiq (Arabic: صلاح الدين بهاء الدين‎) (born 1950) is a Kurdish Iraqi politician. He is the co-founder and current Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Kurdistan Islamic Union.

He was born in Tawela, a town referring to Halabja. He is a graduate of The House of Teachers 1969. He worked as a teacher from 1971 to 1981. Then he was ordered to be arrested by the former Iraqi regime. After he refused to join the Iraqi Army, he was dismissed from his career. Having refused to join the Baath Party, he was tortured and faced the threat of further violence until he left Iraq and spent 10 years in diaspora, living in Iran, Turkey and the Gulf countries. He then returned to his homeland during the Kurdish uprising in 1991.

Salaheddin participated in founding Kurdistan Islamic Union[1] on February 6, 1994. In the first General Conference he was elected as the Secretary General of the party. Later, in the second, the third, and the fourth Conferences he was also elected as the Secretary General. Later succeeded by Hadi Ali and Mohammed Faraj, in 2016 he was again elected Secretary-General.[2]

After the fall of the Iraqi government led by Saddam Hussein, he was determined to be a member of the Interim Iraqi Governing Council[3] which consisted of 25 Iraqi figures, five of whom were Kurdish. He later became a member of Iraqi National Assembly. Now, he has committed himself as the Secretary General of Kurdistan Islamic Union.

During his lifetime, he has been involved in arts, intellectuality, ideology, and promotion of Islam. He has written several books and articles in these fields both in Kurdish and Arabic.

References

"Iraq: a "quota" Council". The Middle East. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
"KIU elects Salahaddin Bahaddin as new Secretary-General". Kurd Press. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
Yamashita, Hikaru (2004). Humanitarian space and international politics: the creation of safe areas. Ashgate Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7546-4163-6.

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[1] "Iraq: a "quota" Council". The Middle East. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2010.

[2] "KIU elects Salahaddin Bahaddin as new Secretary-General". Kurd Press. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

[3] Yamashita, Hikaru (2004). Humanitarian space and international politics: the creation of safe areas. Ashgate Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7546-4163-6.