The vice president of Kurdistan Region is the deputy head of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. 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]
| Vice President of Kurdistan Region | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Appointer | Vote in the Kurdistan Region Parliament |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Formation | 14 June 2005 |
| Website | presidency |
On 14 June 2005 Masoud Barzani was sworn in by the Kurdistan Region Parliament as new president.[3] Kurdistan National Assembly elected Kosrat Rasul Ali as the vice president of the Kurdistan Region.[2]
List of vice presidents edit
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | 
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Kosrat Rasul Ali (born 1952) |
14 June 2005 | 1 November 2017 | 12 years, 140 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan[2] |
| 2 | .jpg)
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Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa (born 1950) |
8 September 2019[4] | Incumbent | 4 years, 232 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan[5][6] |
| 3 | Mustafa Said Qadir (born 1958) |
Gorran Movement[7][8] | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "KRG".
- ^ a b c "Kurdistan Region Presidency". www.presidency.krd.
- ^ "Iraqi Kurdistan leader sworn in". 14 June 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "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.