Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region

Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq

"Prime Minister of Kurdistan" redirects here. For the Kurdish prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad, see Haji Baba Sheikh.

Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region

Political Emblem

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)
Formation| 4 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 autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The government is elected as part of the Kurdistan Region Parliament.[1]

## List of prime ministers

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### 1992–2005

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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

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

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

| No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Political party

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|
|

Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  | Fuad Masum
(born 1938) | 4 July 1992  | 26 April 1993  | 296 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
2  |  | Kosrat Rasul Ali
(born 1952) | 26 April 1993  | 21 January 2001  | 7 years, 270 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
3  |  | Barham Salih
(born 1960) | 21 January 2001  | 15 July 2004  | 3 years, 176 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
4  |  | Omer Fattah Hussain
(born 1948) | 15 July 2004  | 14 June 2005  | 334 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

#### KDP-controlled part

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

| No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Political party

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|
|
|

Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  | Roj Shaweis
(1947–2021) | 26 September 1996  | 20 December 1999  | 3 years, 85 days  | Kurdistan Democratic Party
2  |  | Nechirvan Barzani
(born 1966) | 20 December 1999  | 14 June 2005  | 5 years, 176 days  | Kurdistan Democratic Party

### 2006–present

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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. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Political party

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|
|
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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  | Nechirvan Barzani
(born 1966) | 1 March 2006  | 31 August 2009  | 3 years, 183 days  | Kurdistan Democratic Party
2  |  | Barham Salih
(born 1960) | 1 September 2009  | 17 January 2012  | 2 years, 138 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
(1)  |  | Nechirvan Barzani
(born 1966) | 17 January 2012  | 10 June 2019  | 7 years, 144 days  | Kurdistan Democratic Party
3  |  | Masrour Barzani
(born 1969) | 10 June 2019[5] | Incumbent  | 5 years, 47 days  | Kurdistan Democratic Party

## See also

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Politics of Kurdistan Region

National symbols

* Anthem
* Flag

Referendums

* Independence poll, 2005
* Independence poll, 2017
* Kirkuk status (planned)

Government

* Presidency Council
* President

Nechirvan Barzani
* Vice Presidents

Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa
Mustafa Said Qadir
* Prime Minister

Masrour Barzani

Parliament

* Speaker: Rewaz Fayeq
* Members

Recent elections

*     * Presidential: 1992
* 2009

*     * Parliamentary: 2013
* 2018

Political parties

* Democratic Party (KDP)
* Patriotic Union (PUK)
* Movement for Change (Gorran)
* New Generation (NG)
* Justice Group (KJG)
* Islamic Union (KIU)

Administrative divisions

* Silemani (Sulaymaniyah)
* Dohuk
* Hawler (Arbil)
* Disputed

* Nineveh
* Kirkuk
* Diyala

Foreign relations

* Diplomatic missions

* of Kurdistan Region
* to Kurdistan Region

* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
* Kurdish nationalism

* Other countries

* v
* t
* e

* President of Kurdistan Region
* Vice President of Kurdistan Region

## References

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1. ^ "KRG". Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
2. ^ a b Galbraith, Peter (2006), The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End; Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-9423-8
3. ^ a b "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)

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