Post: | Vice President |
Body: | Kurdistan Region |
Flag: | Flag of Kurdistan.svg |
Flagsize: | 120px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Kurdistan |
Incumbent: | Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa and Mustafa Said Qadir |
Incumbentsince: | July 2019 |
Style: | His Excellency |
Appointer: | Vote in the Kurdistan Region Parliament |
Termlength: | Four years, renewable once |
Formation: | 14 June 2005 |
Inaugural: | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
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]
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]
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | Kosrat Rasul Ali | 14 June 2005 | 1 November 2017 | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | ||
2 | Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa | 8 September 2019[4] | Incumbent | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan[5] [6] | ||
3 | Mustafa Said Qadir | Gorran Movement[7] [8] |