About Salih Muslim
Salih Muslim Muhammad (Kurmanji Kurdish: Salih Muslim Mihemed; Arabic: صالح مسلم محمد, romanized: Ṣāliḥ Muslim Muḥammad; 3 March 1951 – 11 March 2026) was a Syrian Kurdish politician. He served as the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main party of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), in whose establishment he played a key role. As the deputy coordinator of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, he was the most prominent Kurdish representative for much of the Syrian civil war. == Political career == === Early political activities === Muslim first became involved with the Kurdish nationalist movement during the 1970s when he was studying engineering at Istanbul Technical University after becoming influenced by Mustafa Barzani's ongoing fight against the Iraqi government, the failure of which spurred him into becoming more active. He paid a visit to Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, in 1983. After his return to Syria, he met several times with Öcalan, who was based in the country until October 1998. In 1998, Muslim joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDP-S), the Syrian branch of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He was also active in an early version of the Syrian Democratic Assembly, led by Kurds with Arab participation, until it was disbanded in 2002 following the end of the Damascus Spring. He left the KDP-S in 2003 after becoming disillusioned by the party's failure to accomplish its objectives. === Democratic Union Party (PYD) === In 2003, Muslim joined the newly formed Democratic Union Party (PYD), becoming a member of its executive council.
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