Salih Muslim Muhammad صالح مسلم محمد | |
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Chairman of the Democratic Union Party | |
Assumed office 20 June 2022 Serving with Asya Abdullah (since 2022) | |
Preceded by | Anwar Muslim alongside Aysha Hisso[1] |
In office 2010 – September 2017 Serving with Asya Abdullah (since 2012) | |
Succeeded by | Shahoz Hassan alongside Aysha Hisso[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 (age 73–74)[3] Kobanî, Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
Political party | Democratic Union Party (PYD) (2003–present) |
Other political affiliations | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (1998–2003) |
Spouse | Ayşe Efendi |
Relations | Mahmoud Muslim (brother) |
Children | Five (one deceased) |
Alma mater | Istanbul Technical University (1977) |
Occupation | Chemical engineer |
Profession | Politician |
Salih Muslim Muhammad (Kurmanji Kurdish: Salih Muslim Mihemed, Arabic: صالح مسلم محمد, romanized: Ṣāliḥ Muslim Muḥammad) is the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main party of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. As the deputy coordinator of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, he has been the most prominent Kurdish representative for much of the Syrian civil war.[4]