Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (born 1901)

Yusuf Salman Yusuf

Iraqi Communist activist

Yusuf Salman Yusuf, better known by his nom de guerre Comrade Fahd, was one of the first Iraqi communist activists. He was the first secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, from 1941 until his execution in 1949. He is generally credited with a vital role in the party's rapid…