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Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region

{{Short description|Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq}}

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{{Redirect|Prime Minister of Kurdistan|the Kurdish prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad|Haji Baba Sheikh}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Prime Minister

| body = Kurdistan Region

| insignia = Coat of arms of Kurdistan Regional Government.svg

| insigniasize = 120px

| insigniacaption = Political Emblem

| image = Secretary Pompeo Meets Security Chancellor Masrour Barzani (45765619795) (cropped).jpg

| imagesize =

| incumbent = Masrour Barzani

| incumbentsince = 10 June 2019

| appointer = Kurdistan Region Parliament

| termlength = Four years, renewable

| formation = 4 July 1992 {{small|(de facto)}}
1 March 2006 {{small|(de jure)}}

| inaugural = Fuad Masum {{small|(de facto)}}
Nechirvan Barzani {{small|(de jure)}}

| website = {{URL|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.{{Cite web |url=http://krg.org/articles/detail.asp?anr=32349&lngnr=12&rnr=93&smap=04020000 |title=KRG |access-date=2010-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010060523/http://krg.org/articles/detail.asp?anr=32349&lngnr=12&rnr=93&smap=04020000 |archive-date=2017-10-10 |url-status=dead }}

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).Galbraith, Peter (2006), The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End; Simon and Schuster. {{ISBN|0-7432-9423-8}}

File:KDP and PUK controlled areas of Kurdistan.png

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.

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==PUK-controlled part==

Prime Ministers of the PUK-controlled Kurdistan Regional Government:{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/ruli.html#iraq|title = Countries I}}

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! rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan=2 | Portrait

! rowspan=2 | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan=3 | Term of office

! rowspan=2 | Political party

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Union of Kurdistan}}; color:white;" | 1

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| Fuad Masum
{{small|(born 1938)}}

| 4 July 1992

| 26 April 1993

| {{Age in years and days|1992|7|4|1993|4|26}}

| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Union of Kurdistan}}; color:white;" | 2

| 80px

| Kosrat Rasul Ali
{{small|(born 1952)}}

| 26 April 1993

| 21 January 2001

| {{Age in years and days|1993|4|26|2001|1|21}}

| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Union of Kurdistan}}; color:white;" | 3

| 80px

| Barham Salih
{{small|(born 1960)}}

| 21 January 2001

| 15 July 2004

| {{Age in years and days|2001|1|21|2004|7|15}}

| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Union of Kurdistan}}; color:white;" | 4

| 80px

| Omer Fattah Hussain
{{small|(born 1948)}}

| 15 July 2004

| 14 June 2005

| {{Age in years and days|2004|7|15|2005|6|14}}

| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

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==KDP-controlled part==

Prime Ministers of the KDP-controlled Kurdistan Regional Government:

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! rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan=2 | Portrait

! rowspan=2 | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan=3 | Term of office

! rowspan=2 | Political party

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

style="background:{{party color|Kurdistan Democratic Party}}; color:black;" | 1

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| Roj Shaweis
{{small|(1947–2021)}}

| 26 September 1996

| 20 December 1999

| {{Age in years and days|1996|9|26|1999|12|20}}

| Kurdistan Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Kurdistan Democratic Party}}; color:black;" | 2

| 80px

| Nechirvan Barzani
{{small|(born 1966)}}

| 20 December 1999

| 14 June 2005

| {{Age in years and days|1999|12|20|2005|6|14}}

| Kurdistan Democratic Party

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=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=15847 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-02-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104194206/http://kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=15847 |archivedate=2010-01-04 }}

Prime Ministers of Kurdistan Regional Government:

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! rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan=2 | Portrait

! rowspan=2 | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan=3 | Term of office

! rowspan=2 | Political party

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

style="background:{{party color|Kurdistan Democratic Party}}; color:black;" | 1

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| Nechirvan Barzani
{{small|(born 1966)}}

| 1 March 2006

| 31 August 2009

| {{Age in years and days|2006|3|1|2009|8|31}}

| Kurdistan Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Union of Kurdistan}}; color:white;" | 2

| 80px

| Barham Salih
{{small|(born 1960)}}

| 1 September 2009

| 17 January 2012

| {{Age in years and days|2009|9|1|2012|1|17}}

| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

style="background:{{party color|Kurdistan Democratic Party}}; color:black;" | (1)

| 80px

| Nechirvan Barzani
{{small|(born 1966)}}

| 17 January 2012

| 10 June 2019

| {{Age in years and days|2012|1|17|2019|6|10}}

| Kurdistan Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Kurdistan Democratic Party}}; color:black;" | 3

| 80px

| Masrour Barzani
{{small|(born 1969)}}

| 10 June 2019{{Cite web |url=http://www.nrttv.com/en/News.aspx?id=13694&MapID=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-07-11 |archive-date=2020-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607205042/https://www.nrttv.com/en/News.aspx?id=13694&MapID=1%2F |url-status=dead }}

| Incumbent

| {{Age in years and days|2019|6|10}}

| Kurdistan Democratic Party

Timeline

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from: 04/07/1992 till: 26/04/1993 color:puok text:"Fuad Masum"

bar: Ali

from: 26/04/1993 till: 21/01/2001 color:puok text:"Kosrat Rasul Ali"

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from: 26/09/1996 till: 20/12/1999 color:kdp text:"Roj Shaweis"

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from: 21/01/2001 till: 15/07/2004 color:puok

bar: Hussain

from: 15/07/2004 till: 14/06/2005 color:puok text:"Omer Fattah Hussain"

bar: NBarzani

from: 01/03/2006 till: 31/08/2009 color:kdp

bar: Salih

from: 01/09/2009 till: 17/01/2012 color:puok text:"Barham Salih"

bar: NBarzani

from: 17/01/2012 till: 10/06/2019 color:kdp text:"Nechirvan Barzani"

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See also

{{Politics of Kurdistan Region}}

References

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