Nuri Mahmoud | |
|---|---|
نوري محمود | |
| Speaker of the YPG | |
| In office 2017–Present | |
| Parliamentary group | YPG |
| Commander of the SDF Headquarters | |
| In office 2020–Present | |
| Advisor in the Civic Council of Kobanî | |
| In office 2013–2015 | |
| Director of Semalka Border Crossing | |
| In office 2015–2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1977 Qamishli,Syria |
| Political party | Democratic Union Party (PYD) |
| Other political affiliations | Kurdish National Council (ENKS) |
| Alma mater | Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Emigrated there for further education) |
| Profession | Politician,military officer |
| Military service | |
| Commands | SDF,YPG |
Nuri Mahmoud (born 13 August 1977,Syria) is a former politician of the Kurdish National Council (ENKS) and Democratic Union Party (PYD) and current military officer and speaker of the Peoples' Defense Units (YPG).
He was born to a Syrian Kurdish family in Qamishli in August 1977. [1] He attended high school where he was politically active. [1] Therefore,he was not permitted to study further in Syria following which he emigrated to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. [1] There he worked for the Kurdish National Council (ENKS) between 2007 and 2011. [1] Between 2012 and 2013,he served as a member of the executive committee of the Democratic Union Party (PYD). [1]
In 2013 he was appointed to the position of an advisor in the process of establishing a legislative council and a judiciary by the civic council of Kobanî. Following he held several positions in the KobanîCanton until 2015. [1] From 2015 and 2017,Mahmoud served as the director of the Semalka border crossing between the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and Syria. [1] In 2017 he was appointed as the speaker of the YPG and in 2020 also as a commander of the headquarters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). [1] As the spokesperson of the YPG and in support of a UN resolution,he stressed that the YPG would hold a ceasefire of 30 days during the Turkish invasion of Afrin in February 2018. [2] In June 2020,he offered an apology to the ENKS for the deaths caused by the forces of the YPG. [3] In 2022,he voiced concern over an eventual Turkish attack onto Northern Syria. [4]
In March 2023,he visited the French Senate within a delegation of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) where met with its vice-president Pierre Laurent. [5] Mahmoud was also honored by the French Senate for his service during the fight against the Islamic State. [6] [7]