Biography

Nejat Ali Salih was born in Erbil in 1970. He studied primary, intermediate, and preparatory school in Erbil, obtained a doctorate in political science from Salahaddin University in 2009, and has complete proficiency in Arabic and English.

Record of Struggle

Nejat Ali Salih joined the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1985. He became a Peshmerga in the organizational observation committee subordinate to Branch Committee Two, became a brigade commander in 1995, and an army commander in 2005. In 2010, at the Thirteenth Congress, members elected him to the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2011 he assumed responsibility for Branch 23. During the war against the terrorist organization ISIS, he was responsible for the Gwer and Makhmur fronts. In 2017 he became responsible for Unit 80 of the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. In 2022, members of the Fourteenth Congress elected him to the Central Committee.

His published works, including his master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation:

  • Democracy and National Security.

  • United States National Security Strategy in the Middle East.

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