Mala Bakhtiyar

Hikmat Muhammad Karim (born 20 August 1954, Khanaqin[1]), known as Mala Bakhtiyar or Mala Bakhtiar (Kurdish: مه‌لا به‌ختیار ,Mela Baxtiyar‎),[2][3] is a political leader and a Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician.[4] He is a commander and General of the Kurdish PUK Peshmerga forces and considered one of the influential and active senior members of PUK. Bakhtiar is Joint leader of the Supreme political council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) alongside Kosrat Rasul Ali.[5] His power is on the rise after the PUK held its 4th congress on the 19th of December 2019 during which he was elected in to the Supreme Political Council of the PUK.[6] In November 2021 it was reported that he was being treated after having been poisoned.[7] On the 13th of November 2021 After receiving treatment in Berlin, Germany he went back to Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan where he received a Hero’s welcome. [8]

Mala Bakhtiyar
حیکمەت محەممەد کەریم (مەلا بەختیار)
Born
Hikmat Muhammad Karim

(1954-08-20) August 20, 1954
Khanaqin
NationalityKurd
Other namesMala Bakhtiyar
CitizenshipIraq
Occupationpolitician
Writer
Years active1970–Present
Political party Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Websitehttp://www.malabakhtiar.org

Books and publications
  • "Kurdish Revolution and Modern Changes" , published in 1992.
  • "Becoming Rebellious to History", Second Edition in 1998.
  • "At service of Literature", 1998.
  • "Democracy after Cold War", published in 1999.
  • "Collection of Some Topics", published in 1999.
  • "Democracy between Modernism and Post-modernism", published in 2000.
  • "Rational Freedom and Civil Society" in 2001.
  • "Democracy and its Enemies" First Edition in 2006, and second edition in 2014.
  • "A Bunch of History of Kurdistan Toilers Party, or Komala in 2012.
  • "Spiritual Totalitarianism and Duties of Modern Enlightenment, A Response to Secretary General of Kurdistan Islamic Union’s Report in 2013.
  • "Anaka Discourse and Turning of Contemporary of Kurdish Struggle", booklet, in 2013.
  • A Group of Essays on 38th anniversary of PUK.
  • "Intersection of Democracy and Salafism" , first edition, 2014.
  • "Modern Political Roadmap in Middle East", in 2014.
  • "Kurdistan Revolutions and Modern Changes", in 2015.
  • Kurdistan, HDP and Turkey, Towards Which Political Harbor?
  • ISIS, Expectations of its Emergence and Its Risks.

References
  1. Bakhtiar, Mala. "Mala Bakhtiar Official Website - Biography". Mala Bakhtiar. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  2. "Mela Baxtiyar: Ebadî got referandum mafê Kurdan e!". Rûdaw. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  3. "مه‌لا به‌ختیار: ته‌نیا له‌ كه‌رتی كاره‌بادا له‌ عێراق 100 ملیار دۆلار دزراوه‌". Dwarozh (in Kurdish). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  4. Editorial Staff (2015-11-09). "The 10 Most Powerful People in Iraqi Kurdistan". Kurd Net - Ekurd.net Daily News. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  5. "Profile of Hikmat Muhammad Karim, known as Mala Bakhtiyar". Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  6. "Council members to be elected as PUK congress enters its second day". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  7. Sirwan, Dilan (4 November 2021). "Lahur Talabany rejects his expulsion from PUK: source". Rudaw. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  8. www.rudaw.net https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/131120211. Retrieved 2021-12-12. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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