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After the 1992 parliamentary election resulted in the two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), each holding 50 out of 100 seats, they decided to create a unity government (which was not recognized by the Ba'athist Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein). [3] Kurdistan Region after the 1998 cease-fire.
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).
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: 8 Barham Salih برهم صالح بەرهەم ساڵح (born 1960) 2018: 2 October 2018 17 October 2022 4 years, 15 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: 9 Abdul Latif Rashid لطيف رشيد لەتیف ڕەشید (born 1944) 2022: 17 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 108 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
The President of Kurdistan Region is also the commander-in-chief of the Peshmerga. [3] The Peshmerga forces are used to separate the indigenous Arab population from the Kurdish immigrants, as the region witnesses strong apartheid policies.
Rebar Ahmed Khalid Barzani (born 1 July 1968) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician, interior minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, and a candidate for president of Iraq in 2022 after 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election. [1] [2] and on 13 October 2022, he withdrew his candidacy for the position. [3]
The Kurdistan region of Iraq enjoys more stability, economic development, and political pluralism than the rest of the country. And public opinion under the Kurdistan Regional Government demands rule-of-law-based governance. But power is concentrated in the hands of the ruling parties and families, who perpetuate a nondemocratic, sultanistic ...
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).
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 ...