Adham Barzani
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Adham Sheikh Othman Sheikh Ahmad Barzani (born April 16, 1962) is a former member of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. He is former Kurdish President Massoud Barzani's cousin.
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Adham Barzani | |
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ئەدھەم بارزانی | |
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Born | (1962-04-16) 16 April 1962 (age 62) Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan |
Citizenship | Iraq |
Nationality | Kurdish |
Political party | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
Other political affiliations | Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah |
Relations | Masoud Barzani Nechirvan Barzani Mustafa Barzani Idris Barzani Masrour Barzani |
Residence | Erbil |
Occupation | Former member of the Kurdistan Parliament, former leader of the Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah |
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The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah (KRH) was led by Adham Barzani which was established in 1988 as a splinter group from Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran. Like other Iraqi Kurdish parties, the group received funds from Iran in the 1990s. KRH was dissolved in 2004.[1][2] In 1999, he hosted Hüseyin Velioğlu in the city of Soran, Iraq.[3] Barzani became a member of Kurdistan Parliament on Kurdistan Democratic Party's list.