{{Short description|Iraqi Kurdish politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Adel Murad <br />{{small|عادل موراد}} | office = General Secretary of PUK, Former Ambassador | image = | prime_minister = Nechervan Idris Barzani | vice_president = Kosrat Rasul Ali | term_start = 14 June 2013 | term_end = 18 May 2018 | predecessor = Position established | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|5|18|1949|12|11|df=y}} | death_place = Germany | party = 22px Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | spouse = Ashna Murad | children = Nozheen Adel Murad, Solin Adel Murad }} '''Adel Murad''' ({{langx|ku|عادل موراد|translit=Adil Murad}}; 11 December 1949 – 18 May 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/puk-co-founder-adel-murad-dies-in-germany-26749|title=PUK Co-founder Adel Murad dies in Germany}}</ref>) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician whom along with Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Kamal Fuad, Ali Askari, Fuad Masum and Abdul Razaq Faily, was the co-founder of the main opposition party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. He had previously served as representative of PUK in Baghdad under Iraq's Transitional Government<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/05/iraq-030521-rfel-161527.htm title=Iraq: If U.S. Troops Left, Would Civil War, Sectarian Strife Follow?</ref> and a Representative of Jalal Talabani in Damascus. He was a graduate of the University of Baghdad, with an MSC in Chemistry. Once a commander and Peshmerga veteran, Murad has since been calling for international support and armament from including Russia to support the Peshmerga forces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alsabaah.iq/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=112758 |title=عادل مراد يدعو روسيا إلى دعم قوات البيشمركة |access-date=8 May 2016 |archive-date=18 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200530/http://www.alsabaah.iq/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=112758 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Ambassador== As Ambassador of Iraq in Romania from 2004 to 2009, Murad was responsible for the reopening of diplomatic relations between Iraq and Romania. Adel Murad argued that the billion-dollar debt must be solved through some kind of understanding, such as through business, including giving Romanian companies contracts for petroleum and reconstruction, especially hospitals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Commitment to Iraq heats up|url=http://www.thediplomat.ro/reports_0305.htm|accessdate=6 May 2017|agency=The Diplomat}}</ref>
==KRG== Adel Murad was the General Secretary of the PUKCC and has been an advocate for Kurdish internal reforms. Murad has been an advocate for Kurdish rights throughout the last 50 years and has encouraged the new generation of Kurds to take up the leadership role of Kurdish politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2012/4/state6050.htm#RelatedLinks|title = Corruption in Iraqi Kurdistan started after the collapse of Saddam's regime: PUK founder Adil Murad}}</ref>
==Iraq and Syria== Murad was very optimistic on establishing a 'New Iraq' but has since been pessimistic blaming former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.<ref>{{cite news|title=We have not received any arms: PUK official|url=http://kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=8275|accessdate=6 May 2017|agency=Kurdpress}}</ref> Since the onset of the Syrian civil war, Murad has been supportive of the Rojava liberation movement. In 2013 he criticized the KDP for closing the border and urged KDP to open the border.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/07/syrian-kurds-prep-to-self-govern.html|title=Syrian Kurds Prepare for Self-Governance - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{succession box | title=Ambassador of Iraq in Romania| before=Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| years= September 2004-2009| after=Saad Al Douri }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murad, Adel}} Category:2018 deaths Category:1949 births Category:Ambassadors of Iraq to Romania Category:University of Baghdad alumni