Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa

Sheikh Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa (Kurdish: جەعفەر شێخ مستەفا born 1 July 1950 in Qaradagh, Suliymaniyah Governorate, Iraq) is the current Vice President of Kurdistan Region under Nechirvan Idris Barzani's administration.

[1] He joined the Peshmarga partisans in 1969 and became head of administration of Aylul revolts (Kurdish: شۆڕشی ئەیلوول‎) in 1975, which is the First Iraqi–Kurdish War.

Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa was one of the most active generals during the war against Islamist terrorists such as Ansar al-Islam and Daesh ISIL (2014-2017).

He also served as the Minister of Peshmerga Affairs in the Kurdistan Regional Government's seventh cabinet, from 2012 to 2016.

From 2014 he commanded the Peshmarga (70 forces), fighting against the Daesh ISIL until his election as Vice President of Kurdistan Region in 2019.