Second Deputy Speaker Arif Tayfur
Descends from the family of Sadiq al-Sarqalu, one of the notables of the Barzanja Tribe.
Born in 1945 in Al-Sulaymaniyah.
Completed his secondary education in Al-Sulaymaniyah, where he studied law and graduated in 1971.
Became a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party [KDP] in Baghdad after his graduation.
He was affiliated with the Kurdistan Students Union in 1958 and became member of the KDP in 1963; joined the Kurdish revolution in 1973.
After the revolution he went to Iran and worked on rearranging the leadership of the revolution and the KDP.
A leading member of the KDP where he worked at the KDP Political Bureau until 2000.
After the fall of the regime, he came to Baghdad and became head of the KDP branch in Baghdad.
Member of the Iraqi National Assembly and deputy speaker.
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