Adham Barzani

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Adham Barzani
ئەدھەم بارزانی
Personal details
Born (1962-04-16) 16 April 1962 (age 62)
Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Citizenship Iraq
NationalityKurdish
Political partyKurdistan Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah
RelationsMasoud Barzani
Nechirvan Barzani
Mustafa Barzani
Idris Barzani
Masrour Barzani
ResidenceErbil
OccupationFormer member of the Kurdistan Parliament, former leader of the Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah

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.

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kurdistan Revolutionary Hizballah Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  2. ^ "Iraqi Political Groups". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  3. ^ "Hizbullah Irak'ta eğitildi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 1999-04-03. Retrieved 2024-03-07.


He was a high member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he had a special position within the PDK