Awni Yusuf was an Iraqi Kurdish politician and lawyer. Yusuf served as a judge at the Kirkuk Court of Cassation.[1] Yusuf was appointed Minister of Public Works in Abd al-Karim Qasim's cabinet in mid-July 1959.[2]
Yusuf was considered as close to the Iraqi Communist Party and the United Democratic Party of Kurdistan.[1][2]
Yusuf was dismissed from the cabinet on November 15, 1960.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b Dann, Uriel. Iraq Under Qassem: A Political History, 1958-1963. Jerusalem: Israel University Press, 1969. p. 220
- ^ a b Farouk-Sluglett, Marion, and Peter Sluglett. Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship. London [u.a.]: Tauris, 2001. p. 70
- ^ Farouk-Sluglett, Marion, and Peter Sluglett. Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship. London [u.a.]: Tauris, 2001. p. 76
- ^ Ghareeb, Edmund, and Beth Dougherty. Historical Dictionary of Iraq. Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, no. 44. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2004. p. 359
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