Back Barham Salih Afrikaans برهم صالح Arabic برهم صالح ARZ Bərhəm Saleh Azerbaijani برهم صالح AZB Бархам Салех Byelorussian بەرھەم ساڵح CKB Barham Sálih Czech Barham Salih German Μπαρχάμ Σαλίχ Greek
Barham Salih | |
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برهم صالح | |
.jpg) Salih in 2019 | |
| 8th President of Iraq | |
| In office 2 October 2018 – 17 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Haider Al-Abadi Adil Abdul-Mahdi Mustafa Al-Kadhimi |
| Preceded by | Fuad Masum |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Latif Rashid |
| Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region | |
| In office 28 October 2009 – 5 April 2012 | |
| President | Masoud Barzani |
| Preceded by | Nechirvan Barzani |
| Succeeded by | Nechirvan Barzani |
| In office 21 January 2001 – 15 July 2004 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Succeeded by | Omar Fattah Hussein (acting) |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| In office 20 May 2006[1] – 20 August 2009[2] | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Rowsch Shaways |
| Succeeded by | Rowsch Shaways |
| In office 28 June 2004 – 3 May 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Iyad Allawi |
| Preceded by | Coalition Provisional Authority |
| Succeeded by | Rowsch Shaways |
| Chair of Board of Trustees at The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani | |
| In office 2007–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jill Derby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barham Ahmed Salih 8 September 1960 Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Republic |
| Citizenship | |
| Nationality | Kurdish |
| Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1976–2017, 2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Coalition for Democracy and Justice (2018) |
| Spouse | Sarbagh Salih |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University University of Liverpool |
| Website | t |
Barham Salih (Kurdish: بەرھەم ساڵح, romanized: Berhem Salih; Arabic: برهم صالح; born 8 September 1960) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the eighth president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022.[5]
He is the former prime minister of the Kurdistan Region and a former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government. He was elected and assumed office as president of Iraq on 2 October 2018. Salih is the third non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Fuad Masum, also Kurdish. In October 2022 he lost his re-election to Abdul Latif Rashid.
- ^ The CIA World Factbook 2010, Book 2010. CIA. 2010. p. 331. ISBN 9781602397279. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Dabbagh: Iraqi PM approves resignation of Barham Salih". Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "Who's who in Iraq's new cabinet". BBC. 20 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ Katzman, Kenneth (2009). Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security. Diane Publishing Co. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4379-1944-8. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Iraq elects Kurdish Barham Salih as president". The National. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2018.