Salahaddin Bahaaddin

Salahaddin Mohammed Bahaaddin Sadiq (Kurdish: سەڵاحەدین محەممەد بەھائەدین سادق; Arabic: صلاح الدين محمد بهاء الدين صادق)^[1] (born July 1, 1950, in Tawela, a town referring to Halabja) is a Kurdish Iraqi politician. He is a graduate of The House of Teachers 1969. He is the co-founder and current Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, and a former member of the Iraqi Governing Council.^[2][3]

Salahaddin Mohammed Bahaaddin
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	Salah Mohammed Bahaadin 1950 (age 74–75) Tawella, Halabja, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Citizenship	Iraqi
Political party	Kurdistan Islamic Union
Profession	Politician, Teacher
Website	https://salahaddinbahaaddin.com/

Career

Teacher

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.

Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union

Salaheddin participated in founding Kurdistan Islamic Union^[4] 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.^[5][6]

Member of Iraqi Governing Council

After the fall of the Iraqi government led by Saddam Hussein, he was determined to be a member of the Iraqi Governing Council^[7] 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.^[8]