Yousif Muhammed

Yousif Muhammed Sadiq (, born 14 July 1978) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and academic. A member of the Gorran Movement, he served as Speaker of the Kurdistan Region Parliament from 2014 to 2019, representing Sulaymaniyah Governorate. He later served as a member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq from 2018 to 2021.

Sadiq was born in Khurmal, in the Halabja Governorate.

Education Sadiq holds a Master's degree in International Politics from Nahrain University (2007) and a PhD in Philosophy of Political Science with a thesis titled "Factors Affecting the Political Future of the Kurdistan Region-Iraq".

Career Academic career Sadiq served as Head of the Department of Political Science at the College of Political and Social Sciences, University of Sulaymaniyah from 2008 to 2010.

He further explained that while drafting the constitution of Kurdistan, "Kirkuk and other disputed areas are referred to as a main part of the Kurdistan Region, but we take into account the specifics of these areas. We will not impose any decision on Kirkuk because there are other ethnicities and components in these areas besides Kurds. When these areas return to the Kurdistan Region, all rights of these components will be protected by law in the constitution."

Sadiq also highlighted the role of Peshmerga forces in protecting all components of Kirkuk without discrimination, stating, "If it weren't for the Peshmerga, terrorists would have created a bloodbath in those areas, so all nationalities should take into account this bravery of the Peshmerga."