Dr. Torhan ALMUFTI

Category: Red Apple Public Diplomacy Award

Dr. Torhan ALMUFTI | Minister of State for Provincial and Minister of Communication, Republic of Iraq

He was born in Kirkuk in 1972. He graduated from Mosul University Department of Geology in 1994. He completed his masters in Geo-Chemistry in 1996 and received his PhD in 2002 from Mosul University. Between 2005 and 2010 he had been member of Kirkuk Local Government’s Town Council. As a member of Iraq Geology Association, Iraqi Scientists Society and American Association of Petroleum Geologists; he had conducted many researches in the field and many academic studies in various universities. He attended many conferences in the region as a speaker. He was appointed as State Minister of Provisional Affairs in 2010. In 2012; he has been also appointed as Iraqi Minister of Communication. He is fluent in Turkish, Arabic and English.