Omar Said Ali

Omar Said Ali
عومەر سەید عەلی
General coordinator of Gorran Movement
In office
July 25 2017 – September 28 2024
Preceded byNawshirwan Mustafa
Succeeded byDana Ahmed Majid (acting)
Personal details
Born1945 (1945)
PartyGorran Movement
Other political
affiliations
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1979-2009)
OccupationPolitician

Omar Said Ali (Sorani Kurdish: عومەر سەید عەلی Arabic: عمر سید علي (Born 1945) is an Iraqi Kurdish Politician who served as the general coordinator of The Gorran Movement after the passing of founder Nawshirwan Mustafa, he served as general coordinator from July 25, 2017 until September 28, 2024.


Early life

Omar said ali was born in 1945 in Sulaymaniyah[1][2][3]

Career

in 1974 Omar Said Ali became a peshmarga and 2 years later in 1976 he was sentenced to jail for 6 years but was released after 3 years.[1][2][4]

Omar Said Ali left Kurdistan in 1980 because of an injury after a bombing by iraqi aircraft in mount kewa rash. he later on supervised Patriotic Union of Kurdistan organizations in Europe.[1][4]

Later on Omar Said Ali was elected as a member of the leadership council and then the political bureau of The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. and in 1992 he was elected as a member in the Kurdistan Parliament.[1][3][5]

Omar Said Ali resigned from The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in 2009 and became one of the co-founders of The Gorran Movement.[1][5]

in July 25 2017 Omar Said Ali was elected as The General Coordinator for The Gorran Movement after the passing of Nawshirwan Mustafa[1][2][3][5] and in September 14 2019 he was reelected as the general coordinator of The Gorran Movement[1][3] in September 28 2024 he stepped down as the general coordinator and handed over duties to Dana Ahmad Majid[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "(Gorran) National Assembly reelected Omar Sayid Ali as General Coordinator". gorran.net. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gorran party elects new leader following Nawshirwan Mustafa's death". kurdistan24.net. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "عومەری سەید عەلی بۆ جاری دووەم بە ڕێکخەری گشتی بزووتنه‌وه‌ى گۆڕان هه‌ڵبژێردرایه‌وه‌". kurdistantv.net (in Central Kurdish). Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "عومەر سەید عەلی.. لە پێشمەرگایەتییەوە بۆ خانەنشین بوون". bwar.news (in Central Kurdish). Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "عومەر سەید عەلی بەڕێكخەری گشتی بزوتنەوەی گۆران هەڵبژێرایەوە". kurdiu.org (in Central Kurdish). Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Omar Said Ali handed over duties to Dana Ahmad Majid as the Acting General Coordinator of Gorran". peregraf.com. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Gorran Movement holds leadership transition ceremony amid internal conflicts". kurdistan24.net. Retrieved July 7, 2026.