Massoud Barzani
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Revised Iraq election law unacceptable to Sunnis...create more seats in the parliament for Iraq's Kurdish region. Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani had threatened last week to call for an election boycott. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep... In this article: Iraq, USA Today, Ray Odierno, Iraqi Accordance Front, and Massoud Barzani |
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USATODAY.com | 7 days ago
Iraq's Kurds threaten to boycott elections
...a strongly united front on the national political scene. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of Iraq's national parliament, echoed Barzani's demands and boycott threat. "The main point is the allocation of seats," Othman told The...
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GlobalPost | 1 day ago
Analysis: Passing of Iraq election law brings relief
...said one senior Kurdish official. "Barzani told him he would think about it," said the official, with more than a little glee that the Kurds seemed to have their fair-weather American friends over a barrel. BAQUBA, Iraq: On voting day as...
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
Iraqi logjam over vote law illustrates waning U.S. clout
Vice President Biden on Sunday called Massoud Barzani, president of the semiautonomous northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan, and asked him to nudge the Kurds in parliament to get behind the latest U.N. proposal to end the deadlock.
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 05, 2009
Standoff over Iraq's election law goes on, threatening January's vote
...here, particularly with the Kurds. Vice President Joe Biden called Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and the speaker of Iraq's parliament this week to urge a compromise, Iraqi officials said. Kirkuk, about 150 miles north of Baghdad,...
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Massoud Barzani. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search ... After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 Barzani became a member of the Iraqi ...
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Massoud Barzani's experiences in the rugged mountains of Kurdistan were to ... After the liberation of Iraq in 2003, Mr Barzani was appointed to the Iraqi ...
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... of the invasion of Iraq, says Massoud Barzani, the president of Kurdistan in the north. ... Mr. Barzani adamantly denies that his fidelity to Iraq is born ...
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... of the Kurdistan region of Iraq issued a stinging rejection of the Iraq Study Group's recommendations, saying Kurds "are ... Massoud Barzani, leader of ...
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Palestinian president's visit historic event – Massoud Barzani ... Aswat al-Iraq: President of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, on Monday ...
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Masoud Barzani (مسعودبارزانی, Mesûd Barzanî) (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad. He has five sons (incl. Masrour) and three daughters.
Masoud Barzani succeeded his father, the former Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani, as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in 1979. Working closely with his brother Idriss Barzani until Idriss' untimely death, Barzani was able to continue the Kurdish guerilla struggle through the trying years of the Iran-Iraq War. For much of this time, the Iraqi Kurdish leadership was exiled to Iran.
With Saddam Hussein's defeat in the first Gulf War, the Kurdish dissidents were able to retake much of the traditional homeland of the Kurds in Iraq. However, as Iraqi forces regrouped they pushed Barzani's fighters along with other groups and scores of civilians to the mountains bordering Iran and Turkey. Thousands of Kurds died under heavy fire from Iraqi gunships and many more faced imminent death from starvation and exposure, when the United States-led allies stepped in to open up a no-fly zone over the region during Operation Provide Comfort. This led in 1992 to the establishment of an autonomous Kurdish zone in northern Iraq under the control of the two dominant Kurdish political parties, the KDP led by Masoud Barzani and the PUK led by Jalal Talabani. This zone incorporates the three governates of Dohuk, Erbil, and Sulimeniyah.
- Birth Date:
- August 16, 1946
- Birthplace:
- Mahabad, Iran
- Religion:
- Islam
- Political party:
- Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Vice President:
- Kosrat Rasul Ali
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