Nechirvan Barzani | |
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Nêçîrvan Barzanî نێچیرڤان بارزانی | |
2nd President of Kurdistan Region | |
Assumed office 10 June 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Masrour Barzani |
Vice President | Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa Mustafa Said Qadir[1] |
Preceded by | Masoud Barzani |
Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region | |
In office 7 March 2012 – 10 June 2019 | |
President | Masoud Barzani |
Preceded by | Barham Salih |
Succeeded by | Masrour Barzani |
In office 1 March 2006 – 31 August 2009 | |
President | Masoud Barzani |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Barham Salih |
In office 20 December 1999 – 14 June 2005 | |
President | Masoud Barzani |
Preceded by | Rowsch Shaways |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Nechirvan Idris Barzani 21 September 1966 Barzan, Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Republic |
Political party | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
Spouse | Nabila Barzani |
Children | 5 |
Education | University of Tehran |
Nechirvan Idris Barzani (Kurdish: نێچیرڤان بارزانی, romanized: Nêçîrvan Barzanî; born 21 September 1966) is a Kurdish politician serving as the second President of the Kurdistan Region.[2] He was elected into office by the Kurdistan Region Parliament in June 2019.[3] Nechirvan Barzani was appointed as Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party since 2010.[4] He previously served as Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government from March 2007 to August 2009 and March 2012 to May 2019.[5] Nechirvan Barzani is also the founder of the University Of Kurdistan Hewlêr, the region's top ranking university located in Erbil.[6][7][8] His rule combines aspects of Kurdish nationalism, national conservatism, economic liberalism, modernism and reforms, reforms in agriculture and women's rights.
Nechirvan Barzani is commonly referred to as Nechirvan the lionheart or Nêçîrvan Dilê Şêr in Kurdish by his followers due to his reputation as a warrior and his resistance against the Iraqi army during the war in the 1990s.[9]