President of Iraqi Kurdistan

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President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Seal of the President of the Kurdistan Region
Flag of the President of the Kurdistan Region
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

Iraqi Kurdistan

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Iraqi Kurdistan
National symbols Anthem Flag
Referendums Independence poll, 2005 Independence poll, 2016 Kirkuk status (planned)
Government Presidency Council President Massoud Barzani Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani
Parliament Speaker Members
Recent elections Legislative: 2009 2013
Political parties Democratic Party (KDP) Patriotic Union (PUK) Movement for Change (Gorran) Islamic Union (KIU)
Administrative divisions Silemani (Sulaymaniyah) Dohuk Hawler (Arbil) Disputed Nineveh Kirkuk Diyala
Foreign relations Kurdistani missions Missions in Kurdistan Kurdish-Iraqi conflict Kurdish nationalism
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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 the PUK run Kurdistan Regional Government:^[3]

Name		Portrait	Born-Died	Entered office	Left office	Political party
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

References

↑ KRG
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
1 2 http://rulers.org/ruli.html#iraq
↑ The evolution of the modern electoral process in the Kurdistan Region
↑ Iraqi Kurdistan leader sworn in
↑ Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd stranglehold

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