Jalal Sheikh Naji

Jalal Sheikh Naji
Head of the Parastin and Zanyari / Zanyari Agency
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2022
Personal details
Born	1968 (age 56–57) Kirkuk, Iraq
Political party	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Residence(s)	Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region

Jalal Sheikh Naji (Kurdish: جەلال شێخ ناجی), (Arabic: جلال شيخ ناجي) known as Sheikh Jalal (Kurdish: شێخ جەلال) (born 1968 in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq), is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and current Head of the Parastin and Zanyari / Zanyari Agency (Parastin u Zanyari),^[1][2] and Member of Leadership Council Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Sheikh jalal was a leading figure in the fight against terror especially in the fight against ISIS.

Political and Military career

from 2010 the General Director of intelligence Ministry of Peshmarga (KRG), and a member of Kurdistan Region Security Council, in 2014 Director of intelligence Peshmerga agency (PIA)^[3] (Forces 70, Ministry of Peshmerga), and a member of the Supreme Command Council of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces, 2019 Member of Leadership Council Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),^[4] in 2021 Commander of the Secretariat Forces Command of President Mam Jalal. In 2022 Head of the Parastin and Zanyari / Zanyari Agency.^[5]

Personal life

Sheikh Jalal is married and a father of two sons, He lives in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. and Iraqi nationality.

References

1. "PUK President receives top US envoy to North East Syria". kurdsatenglish.com. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
2. "Qubad Talabani visits Zanyari agency". kurdsatenglish.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
3. "Head of PIA meets with Senior GC commander - Shafaq News". Head of PIA meets with Senior GC commander - Shafaq News. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
4. "Bafel jalal Talabani held meeting with British Consul General to Kurdistan Region, James Thornton". www.puknow.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
5. "President Bafel, Qubad Talabani meet with Jalal Sheikh Naji‌". pukmedia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.