Hoshyar Zebari
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Foreign Minister
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| Assumed office May 20, 2006 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
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| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
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Foreign Minister
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| In office May 3, 2005 – May 20, 2006 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahim al Jaafari |
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Foreign Minister
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| In office June 28, 2004 – May 3, 2005 |
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| President | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer |
| Prime Minister | Iyad Allawi |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| In office July 13, 2003 – June 1, 2004 |
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| Governor | L. Paul Bremer |
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| Born | 1953 Aqrah, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| Religion | Islam |
Hoshyar Zebari (also spelled Hoshyar Zubari/Zibari, Kurdish: Hişyar Zêbarî) (born 1953) is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan. He was the foreign spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the 1990s and represented the party to both the United Kingdom and the United States.
He was appointed Foreign Minister of Iraq in 2003 by the Iraqi Governing Council and held the post for the Iraqi Interim Government, Iraqi Transitional Government and the first permanent government.
[edit] References
- BBC News (2003-09-01). "Iraq's post-war cabinet". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3199561.stm. Retrieved 2006-02-24.
- BBC News (2004-06-01). "Interim Iraqi government". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3766401.stm. Retrieved 2006-02-24.
- BBC News (2005-05-08). "New Iraqi government members". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4493999.stm. Retrieved 2006-02-24.
[edit] External links
- Richard Haass meets Hoshyar Zebari, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), June 8, 2004.
- Iraq's Foreign Minister Confirms Support for New US Strategy
| Preceded by Coalition Provisional Authority |
Minister of Foreign Affairs September 2003–current |
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