Baba Ali Shaikh Mahmood

Sheikh
Baba Ali Shaikh Mahmood
Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji with his son
Born1912
Sulaymaniyah, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Iraq, Ottoman Empire
Died1996 (aged 84)
London, Great Britain
NationalityKurdish
FamilyBarzanji

Baba Ali Shaikh Mahmood (1912, in Sulaymaniyah – 1996, in London) was an Iraqi-Kurdish politician and the son of Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, a prominent Kurdish leader who led several uprisings against the British Mandate of Iraq in the 1920s. Baba Ali was actively involved in Iraqi politics and held various governmental positions throughout his career. He served as minister of finance from 1946 to 1947, minister of transport from 1958 to 1959, and minister of agriculture from February to August 1963.

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