Massoud Barzani

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Massoud Barzani
Massoud Barzani
1st President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 
June 14, 2005
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born August 16, 1946 (1946-08-16) (age 61)
Mahabad, Iran
Political party Kurdistan Democratic Party
Religion Muslim

Massoud Barzani (Kurdish: مه‌سعوود بارزانی, Mesûd Barzanî) (born August 16, 1946) is the President of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad. He has five sons and three daughters.

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Massoud Barzani succeeded his father, the former Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani, as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in 1979.

In 1995, he requested help from the Iraqi government to capture the city of Arbil from the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by the current President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, also a Kurd. Mr. Talabani obtained support from Iran in that struggle.

Mr. Barzani and Mr. Talabani used to carry Turkish diplomatic passports for their services to Turkey. [1][2]

Barzani led the KDP in establishing a government in Iraqi Kurdistan with the PUK. After the invasion of Iraq he became a member of the Iraqi Governing Council and was the president of the council in April 2004. He was elected as the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region by the Iraqi Kurdistan's Parliament in June 2005.[3]



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  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2480149.stm
  3. ^ see [1], [2] and [3])

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  3. ^ see [4], [5] and [6])
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