Vice President of Kurdistan Region explained

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]

List of vice presidents

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Kosrat Rasul Ali
14 June 20051 November 2017Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
2Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa
8 September 2019[4] IncumbentPatriotic Union of Kurdistan[5] [6]
3Mustafa Said Qadir
Gorran Movement[7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KRG.
  2. Web site: Kurdistan Region Presidency. www.presidency.krd.
  3. News: Iraqi Kurdistan leader sworn in. June 14, 2005. news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. Web site: President Barzani Appoints Vice Presidents of the Kurdistan Region . presidency.gov.krd.
  5. Web site: Kurdistan Region Vice President Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa . presidency.gov.krd.
  6. Web site: PUK tips Qubad Talabani as deputy PM, Sheikh Jaafar as VP for new KRG. www.rudaw.net.
  7. Web site: Kurdistan Region Vice President Mustafa Qadir Mustafa . presidency.gov.krd.
  8. Web site: Gorran selects its candidates for new government: source. Nalia. Corporation. www.nrttv.com.