Vice President of Kurdistan Region

Deputy head of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq

Vice President of Kurdistan Region

Flag of Kurdistan

Incumbent
Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa and Mustafa Said Qadir

since July 2019

Style| His Excellency
Appointer| Vote in the Kurdistan Region Parliament
Term length| Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder| Kosrat Rasul Ali
Formation| 14 June 2005
Website| presidency.gov.krd

The vice president of Kurdistan Region is the deputy head of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. They are part of the Kurdistan Presidency Council.[1] The vice presidents assist the president in his or her duties and in the president's absence is the acting president.[2]

On 14 June 2005 Masoud Barzani was sworn in by the Kurdistan Region Parliament as new president.[3] Kurdistan National Assembly elected Kosrat Rasul Ali as the vice president of the Kurdistan Region.[2]

## List of vice presidents

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

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  | Kosrat Rasul Ali
(born 1952) | 14 June 2005  | 1 November 2017  | 12 years, 140 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan[2]
2  |  | Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa
(born 1950) | 8 September 2019[4] | Incumbent  | 5 years, 28 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan[5][6]
3  |  | Mustafa Said Qadir
(born 1958) | Gorran Movement[7][8]

## 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
* Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region

## References

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1. ^ "KRG".
2. ^ a b c "Kurdistan Region Presidency". www.presidency.krd.
3. ^ "Iraqi Kurdistan leader sworn in". 14 June 2005 - via news.bbc.co.uk.
4. ^ "President Barzani Appoints Vice Presidents of the Kurdistan Region". presidency.gov.krd.
5. ^ "Kurdistan Region Vice President Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa". presidency.gov.krd.
6. ^ "PUK tips Qubad Talabani as deputy PM, Sheikh Jaafar as VP for new KRG". www.rudaw.net.
7. ^ "Kurdistan Region Vice President Mustafa Qadir Mustafa". presidency.gov.krd.
8. ^ Corporation, Nalia. "Gorran selects its candidates for new government: source". www.nrttv.com.

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