The Relations of Kurdistan Region Ruling System with the Federal Government of Iraq

Dr. Kamal Kirkuki was born in 1954 in Kirkuk city in Iraq. He studies medicine at university and was arrested and then imprisoned in Qasr al-Nahayah Prison during that time because of oppositional political activities against the Ba'ath regime. He was active in both military and political posts of and Kurdistan Democratic Party (Party) after he was released from prison, and has been active as deputy minister and Parliament representative after 1992 and the formation of and Kurdistan Region Cabinet. He was parliament speaker of and Kurdistan Region from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the political bureau of and Kurdistan Democratic Party (Party) and the head of management council for Kirkuk and Garmiyan.