Hashim Aqrawi  Hashim Hasan rashid 'Aqrawi (born 1926 in Aqrah, Iraq) is a former Kurdish politician in Iraq. In 1951 Aqrawi joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and became a member of its Central Committee in 1960 as well as a member of the party's politburo in 1964. Following negotiations between the Iraqi Baath regime and the Kurds about autonomy he became director of Dohuk Governorate in 1970 and Babil Governorate in 1974. Following an intermezzo as minister in the Iraqi central government in 1974 he became a member of the legislative council (regional parliament) and head of the executive council (regional government) of the new established Kurdish autonomous region in Northern Iraq. When the KDP split over the autonomy agreement Aqrawi became a Central Committee's secretary of the party's left, anti-Barzani, pro-Iraqi wing which had joined the Baath-led National Progressive Front. Finally, in 1980, he became general-secretary of that KDP wing. In 1989 he was succeeded by Ahmad Muhammad Saeed al-Atrushi.