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Ms Asos Najib Abdullah - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

TUE, 10 NOV 2009 10:37 | KRG.org

Ms Asos Najib Abdullah was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the sixth KRG cabinet in October 2009, following the July 2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections. She was reappointed in the seventh cabinet, on 5 April 2012.

Previously Ms Abdullah was a judge and a member of the public prosecution in the Court of Suleimaniah.

Born in Duzkhurmatu in 1974, she graduated in 1995 as one of the top students in her class from Salahaddin University’s College of Law. She also has a Masters degree in public law. In 1995 she worked in the organisational offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and has participated in the women in leadership conference.


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