Hoshyar Zebari

Hoshyar Zebari
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office July 13, 2003
President	Ghazi Mashal Jalal Talabani
Prime Minister	Ayad Allawi Ibrahim al Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by	Naji Sabri
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-02) December 2, 1953 Aqrah, Iraq
Nationality	Iraqi
Political party	Kurdistan Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Essex
Religion	Sunni Islam

Hoshyar Zebari (also spelled Hoshyar Zubari/Zibari, Kurdish: Hişyar Zêbarî; born 2 December 1953) is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan. He was the foreign spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the 1990s and represented the party to both the United Kingdom and the United States.

He was appointed Foreign Minister of Iraq in 2003 by the Iraqi Governing Council and held the post for the Iraqi Interim Government, Iraqi Transitional Government and the first permanent government.

In July 2012, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that al-Qaeda in Iraq members went to Syria, where the militants previously received support and weapons.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Karam, Zeina (07/6/2012). "Iraq: Al-Qaeda migrates to Syria". Associated Press.  Check date values in: |date=, |accessdate= (help); |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

• "Iraq's post-war cabinet". BBC News. September 1, 2003. Retrieved 2006-02-24. 
• "Interim Iraqi government". BBC News. June 1, 2004. Retrieved 2006-02-24. 
• "New Iraqi government members". BBC News. May 8, 2005. Retrieved 2006-02-24. 

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Works by or about Hoshyar Zebari in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Hoshyar Zebari collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Richard Haass meets Hoshyar Zebari, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), June 8, 2004
• Iraq's Foreign Minister Confirms Support for New US Strategy, VOA, January 14, 2007