Rewaz Fayeq

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Rewaz Fayeq is a Kurdish politician who was elected as the Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament in July 2019. She is a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party. She is the second female to be elected Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament.

Fayaq was born in 1977 in Pebaz Area from Kalar district in Sulaymaniyah.

She has studeid primary and secondary school in Arbat Town, and later, after graduating from high school, earned a bachelor's degree in law. She holds a master's degree in international law with a doctorate in civil and investment law, and was a member of the Industry, Energy, and Natural Resources and Legal Affairs Committees of the Parliament. She worked as an investigator in the local court in Darbandikhan, and was appointed as a professor and head of the Law Department of the Technical Institute of Sulaymaniyah.{{Cite web|url=https://ekurd.net/rewaz-fayaq-elected-speaker-2019-07-11|title=Rewaz Fayaq elected as new speaker of Iraqi Kurdistan parliament|author=Editorial Staff|date=2019-07-11|website=Kurd Net - Ekurd.net Daily News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}

As a PUK MP in 2014, Fayaq criticised KDP leader Massoud Barzani during a conflict with Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki, saying that "Barzani has no right to decide on the destiny/future of the Kurdistan Region".{{Cite web|url=https://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/3/state7812.htm|title=Massoud Barzani has no right to decide the destiny of Iraqi Kurdistan: PUK‌'s MP Rewas Fayaq|website=ekurd.net|access-date=2020-04-11}}

In 2019, Fayaq called for a meeting with the US Consul General to Iraq over concerns that the 2020 budget process of the Iraqi government would not be fair to the Kurdistan region. "Iraq should not use the 2020 budget as an instrument of pressure on the Kurdistani people”, said Fayaq in a statement.{{Cite web|url=https://rebuildingiraq.net/news/view/112273-Speaker-of-Kurdistan-Parliament-Calls-Meeting-with-US-Consul-General-to-Discuss-2020-Federal-Budget|title=Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament Calls Meeting with US Consul General to Discuss 2020 Federal Budget - Rebuilding Iraq News|website=rebuildingiraq.net|access-date=2020-04-11}}

On July 11, 2019, Fayaq was elected Speaker of the Kurdistan Region Parliament, succeeding Vala Fareed.{{Cite web|url=https://alshahidwitness.com/rewas-fayaq-speaker-kurdistan-parliament/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411125924/https://alshahidwitness.com/rewas-fayaq-speaker-kurdistan-parliament/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 11, 2020|title=Rewas Fayaq Elected As New Speaker Of Kurdistan Parliament|date=2019-07-12|website=Al Shahid News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}} She was congratulated by Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region.{{Cite web|url=https://president.gov.krd/en/president-of-the-kurdistan-region-congratulates-rewas-fayaq/|title=President of the Kurdistan Region Congratulates Rewas Fayaq|date=2019-07-12|website=President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}