Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region

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Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
Coat of arms of Kurdistan Regional Government.svg
Political Emblem
Masrour Masoud 2025 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Masrour Barzani
since 10 June 2019
Appointer Kurdistan Region Parliament
Term length Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder Fuad Masum (de facto)
Nechirvan Barzani (de jure)
Formation4 July 1992 (de facto)
1 March 2006 (de jure)
Website www.krg.org

The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region is the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, governing semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The government is elected as part of the Kurdistan Region Parliament. [1]

Contents

List of prime ministers

1992–2005

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). [2]

Iraqi Kurdistan after the 1998 cease-fire. Green area controlled by the PUK, Yellow area controlled by the KDP KDP and PUK controlled areas of Kurdistan.png
Iraqi Kurdistan after the 1998 cease-fire. Green area controlled by the PUK, Yellow area controlled by the KDP

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 Erbil and a PUK-controlled one in Sulaymaniyah, each with their own prime minister. [2]

PUK-controlled part

Prime Ministers of the PUK-controlled Kurdistan Regional Government: [3]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Fuad Masum 2014.jpg Fuad Masum
(born 1938)
4 July 199226 April 1993296 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
2 Kosrat Rasul.jpg Kosrat Rasul Ali
(born 1952)
26 April 199321 January 20017 years, 270 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
3 Barham Salih (cropped).jpg Barham Salih
(born 1960)
21 January 200115 July 20043 years, 176 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
4 Coat of arms of Kurdistan Regional Government.svg Omer Fattah Hussain
(born 1948)
15 July 200414 June 2005334 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

KDP-controlled part

Prime Ministers of the KDP-controlled Kurdistan Regional Government: [3]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Rowsch Shaways.jpg Roj Shaweis
(1947–2021)
26 September 199620 December 19993 years, 85 days Kurdistan Democratic Party
2 Nechervan Barzani May 2014 (cropped).jpg Nechirvan Barzani
(born 1966)
20 December 199914 June 20055 years, 176 days Kurdistan Democratic Party

2006–present

After the reconciliation between the KDP and PUK, parliamentary election was held on January 30, 2005, and an agreement was made to let a KDP leader become prime minister for the first term and a PUK Prime Minister to become president for the second term, so Nechervan Barzani became prime minister. Barham Salih held the post of prime minister until 17 January 2012 after which he relinquished his position to Nechervan Idris Barzani. [4]

Prime Ministers of Kurdistan Regional Government:

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Nechervan Barzani May 2014 (cropped).jpg Nechirvan Barzani
(born 1966)
1 March 200631 August 20093 years, 183 days Kurdistan Democratic Party
2 Barham Salih (cropped).jpg Barham Salih
(born 1960)
1 September 200917 January 20122 years, 138 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
(1) Nechervan Barzani May 2014 (cropped).jpg Nechirvan Barzani
(born 1966)
17 January 201210 June 20197 years, 144 days Kurdistan Democratic Party
3 Masrour Masoud 2025 (cropped).jpg Masrour Barzani
(born 1969)
10 June 2019 [5] Incumbent5 years, 357 days Kurdistan Democratic Party

Timeline

Masrour BarzaniNechirvan BarzaniBarham SalihOmer Fattah HussainRoj ShaweisKosrat Rasul AliFuad MasumPrime Minister of Kurdistan Region

See also

References

  1. "KRG". Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  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. 1 2 "Countries I".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)