What is Nawshirwan Mustafa?
'''Nawshirwan Mustafa''' (22 December 1944<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xciBAgAAQBAJ&dq=Nawshirwan+Mustafa+1944&pg=PA115 | title=Irak Siyasetini Anlama Kılavuzu | isbn=9786054023295 | last1=Akkaya | first1=Gülşah Neslihan | last2=Torlak | first2=Furkan | last3=Baştürk | first3=Levent | last4=Küçükkeleş | first4=Müjge | last5=Demir | first5=Zehra Senem | last6=Ziya | first6=Saliha | date=23 September 2013 }}</ref> &ndash; 19 March 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician. He served as the General Coordinator (رێکخەری گشتی / rêkxerî giştî) of the [[Movement for Change]] ({{lang-ku|Bizûtinewey‌ Gorran بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان }}) from 2009 until his death in 2017. He served as the leader of the official opposition in the [[Kurdistan Region]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8167986.stm | title=Iraqi Kurds vote in 'vibrant' elections | publisher=BBC | access-date=24 July 2009 | first=Jim | last=Muir | date=24 July 2009}}</ref> He was born in [[Sulaymaniyah]], [[Iraq]]. Mistafa died in Sulaymaniyah due to [[lung cancer]] on 19 May 2017 at the age of 72.<ref>[http://www.nrttv.com/Details.aspx?Jimare=71488 میدیاى فەرمى گۆڕان ڕایگەیاند، نەوشیروان مستەفا رێکخەری گشتی بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان کۆچی دواییکرد .] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522224247/http://www.nrttv.com/Details.aspx?Jimare=71488 |date=2017-05-22 }} {{in lang|ku}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mistafa, Nawshirwan}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Iraqi politicians]] [[Category:Kurdish politicians]]