Jasim Mohammed Jaafar () is an

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i politician who served as Minister for Youth & Sports in

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. He was elected to the post by the

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on 20 May 2006, having previously served as the Minister for Construction and Housing in the

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. Jaafar was born in 1958 in

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to Turkmen parents. He went to University of Sulaymaniyah where he obtained a master's degree in civil engineering. He joined the opposition to

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in 1976 and was sentenced to death in 1981. He went into exile to

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and helped found the

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in 1991, becoming its deputy leader.

References

*Beehner, Lionel (May 12, 2005)
IRAQ: Cabinet Ministers
Council on Foreign Relations, accessed June 4, 2006.

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'', 2005-05-09 1958 births Living people University of Sulaymaniyah alumni People from Saladin Governorate Iraqi Shia Muslims Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman politicians Youth and sports ministers of Iraq Housing ministers of Iraq Iraqi prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Iraq {{iraq-politician-stub