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In 2009 the system was changed to elect the president and on 25 July 2009 presidential elections were held resulting in Barzani's re-election. [7] On 29 October 2017, amidst the 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, Barzani announced his intentions to step down as president, effective 1 November. [8] President of Kurdistan Region:
Jalal Sheikh Naji (Kurdish: جەلال شێخ ناجی), (Arabic: جلال شيخ ناجي) known as Sheikh Jalal (Kurdish: شێخ جەلال) (born 1968 in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq), is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and current Head of the Parastin and Zanyari / Zanyari Agency (Parastin u Zanyari), [1] [2] and Member of Leadership Council Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
The Kurdistan Regional Government [a] (KRG) is the official executive body of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The cabinet is selected by the majority party or list who also select the prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdish polity .
Nechirvan Barzani was born in 1966 in Barzan, Kurdistan Region.The name Nêçîrvan means hunter.Barzani's surname originates from his birthplace of Barzan.He is the grandson of Mustafa Barzani, a legendary Kurdish leader who led the Kurdish Revolution and armed resistance against the regimes of Iraq and was also the founder of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
Held bilateral meetings with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, and the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Robert Golob; 17–20 February [214] Qatar: Doha: Attended a meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan
In the same month President of Kurdistan Region, President Masud Barzani, visited Washington, D.C., and met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. [35] The Consulate General of the United States in Erbil was established in July 2011. [35] Kurdistan Region have a representative office in the United States from February 2007. [36]
Barham Salih (Kurdish: بەرھەم ساڵح, romanized: Berhem Salih; Arabic: برهم صالح; born 8 September 1960) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the eighth president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022. [5] He is the former prime minister of the Kurdistan Region and a former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government. He ...
Kosrat Rasul Ali (Kurdish: کۆسرەت ڕەسووڵ عەلی; born 1952) [1] is a Kurdish politician and the leader of the Supreme Political Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), [2] veteran Peshmerga military leader, former Prime Minister, and former Vice President of the Kurdistan Region.