Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed
Appearance
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Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed | |
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First Lady of Iraq | |
Assumed office 17 October 2022 | |
President | Abdul Latif Rashid |
Preceded by | Sarbagh Salih |
Personal details | |
Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Sabonkaran, Sulaymaniyah, Kingdom of Iraq |
Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
Spouse | Abdul Latif Rashid |
Relations | Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (sister) Jalal Talabani (brother-in-law) |
Children | 3 |
Parent | Ibrahim Ahmad (father) |
Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed (born 1954) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician, writer, member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and current first lady of Iraq. Her husband is President Abdul Latif Rashid. She speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Persian and English, she is a daughter of the Kurdish writer, novelist and politician Ibrahim Ahmed, and a sister of former first lady of Iraq, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed.
Childhood
She was born in the locality of Sabonkaran in 1954 in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate as the daughter of Ibrahim Ahmad, the founder of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.[1]
Personal life
She has two sons and one daughter with Abdul Latif Rashid, the President of Iraq.[2][3]
References
- ^ "صاحبة النقد الجريء.. شاناز ابراهيم احمد سيدة العراق الأولى". Shafaq News. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Cirriculum Vitae" (PDF). August 2017.
- ^ "The first lady of Iraq .. Who is "Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed" | Arab and world". 14 October 2022.