Srood Maqdasy

Srood Salem Matti Maqdasy is an Assyrian physician, politician, and former member of the Kurdistan Region Parliament in Iraq. Maqdasy stood out as one of just eleven representatives elected to represent minority groups in Iraqi Kurdistan's 111-member assembly, after their elections in 2013. He was one of five total Assyrians in parliament after the elections, and served in the parliament until 2018.

Maqdasy represented the Sons of Mesopotamia, an Assyrian political party that was formed after dissatisfaction with the Assyrian Democratic Movement.

Maqdasy was born in Ankawa, Iraq, where he grew up in a relatively safe Assyrian neighborhood. His father was a government employee, working in the directorate of agriculture in Erbil. His father had previously served in the Iraqi Armed Forces as a soldier during the Iraq-Iran War. His mother was a housewife, who Maqdasy says held their family together during his father's deployments during the war. He was born into the Chaldean Catholic Church.

He recalls his childhood as a simple one, although with some challenges due to the harsh political situation at the time. In an interview with Assyrian National Broadcasting, Maqdasy reflected on his childhood in more detail, saying:

"We were happy and content with what we had, much more than the complicated life children are leading nowadays. We felt safe playing in the streets or other public places with family members and friends. Occasionally, there were some unpleasant events that befell our community from time to time, especially when we received the bodies of our martyrs of the Iran-Iraq War. I can't forget their faces. The cries of the souls of their loved ones still haunt me today."

Maqdasy completed his master's degree in orthopedic surgery from Salahaddin University in Erbil, where he also completed his bachelor's degree and graduated from the College of Medicine. He had previously attended grade school in Ankawa.

After graduating from the College of Medicine in Erbil, Maqdasy started working as an intern physician at various hospitals in Erbil. He later worked as an orthopedic senior house adviser at Erbil Teaching Hospital. Soon afterwards, he was promoted to an orthopedic senior officer, where he was awarded a high degree of specialty in orthopedic surgery.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Zowaa reported how Maqdasy was able to help a young Assyrian receive a medical procedure in the United States, an initiative undertaken by the Assyrian Medical Society.