President of Iraqi Kurdistan

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President of Iraqi Kurdistan

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Incumbent
Massoud Barzani
since June 14, 2005
Style His Excellency
Appointer Elected
Term length Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Jalal Talabani (de facto)
Massoud Barzani (de jure)
Formation 4 July 1992 (de facto)
14 June 2005 (de jure)
Website www.krp.org
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The President of Iraqi Kurdistan is the head of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. He is part of the Kurdistan Presidency Council.[1]

1992–2005

After the 1992 parliamentary election resulted in the two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, each holding 50 out of 100 seats, they decided to create a unity government (which was not recognized by the government of Saddam Hussein).[2]

The unity government soon collapsed and in 1994 a civil war broke out, which lasted until 1998. This resulted in the establishment of two Kurdistan Regional Governments in 1996, a KDP-controlled one in Arbil and a PUK-controlled one in as-Sulaymaniyah, each with their own President.[2]

PUK-controlled part

President of=le="text-align:center" ! colspan=2|Name ! Portrait ! Born-Died ! Entered office ! Left office ! Political party |- ! style="background-color:Green" | 1 | Jalal Talabani | | 1933– | 4 July 1992 | 14 June 2005 | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |- |}

KDP-controlled part

President of the KDP run Kurdistan Regional Government:[3]

Name Portrait Born-Died Entered office Left office Political party
1 Massoud Barzani 1946– 31 August 1996 14 June 2005 Kurdistan Democratic Party

2005–Present

After an official reconciliation between the KDP and PUK in October 2002,[4] parliamentary elections were held on January 30, 2005 and on June 14, 2005 the KDP-leader Massoud Barzani was sworn by the parliament in as new president.[5] 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.[6]

President of Kurdistan Regional Government:

Name Portrait Born-Died Entered office Left office Political party
1 Massoud Barzani 1946– 14 June 2005 Incumbent Kurdistan Democratic Party

See also

Iraqi Kurdistan 2009

References

  1. ↑ KRG
  2. 1 2 Galbraith, Peter (2006), The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End; Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-9423-8
  3. ↑ http://rulers.org/ruli.html#iraq
  4. ↑ The evolution of the modern electoral process in the Kurdistan Region
  5. ↑ Iraqi Kurdistan leader sworn in
  6. ↑ Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd stranglehold
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