Vice President of Kurdistan Region
| Vice President of Kurdistan Region | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Appointer | Vote in Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Formation | 14 June 2005 |
| Website | presidency |
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The vice president of Kurdistan Region is the deputy head of the autonomous Kurdistan Region. 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 National Assembly as new president.[3] Kurdistan National Assembly elected Kosrat Rasul Ali as the vice president of the Kurdistan Region.[2]
Vice presidents of Kurdistan Region
| Image | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||
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Kosrat Rasul Ali | 14 June 2005 | 1 November 2017 | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan[2] |
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Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa | 8 September 2019[4] | Incumbent | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan[5][6] |
| Mustafa Said Qadir | 8 September 2019[4] | Incumbent | Gorran Movement[7][8] | |
See also
References
- ^ "KRG".
- ^ a b c "Kurdistan Region Presidency". www.presidency.krd.
- ^ "Iraqi Kurdistan leader sworn in". June 14, 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b "President Barzani Appoints Vice Presidents of the Kurdistan Region". presidency.gov.krd.
- ^ "Kurdistan Region Vice President Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa". presidency.gov.krd.
- ^ "PUK tips Qubad Talabani as deputy PM, Sheikh Jaafar as VP for new KRG". www.rudaw.net.
- ^ "Kurdistan Region Vice President Mustafa Qadir Mustafa". presidency.gov.krd.
- ^ Corporation, Nalia. "Gorran selects its candidates for new government: source". www.nrttv.com.
