Barham Salih

Barham Salih
بەرھەم ساڵح
Salih in 2019
8th President of Iraq
In office
2 October 2018 – 17 October 2022
Prime MinisterHaider Al-Abadi
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Preceded byFuad Masum
Succeeded byAbdul Latif Rashid
Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
In office
28 October 2009 – 5 April 2012
PresidentMasoud Barzani
Preceded byNechirvan Barzani
Succeeded byNechirvan Barzani
In office
21 January 2001 – 15 July 2004
PresidentJalal Talabani
Preceded byKosrat Rasul Ali
Succeeded byOmar Fattah Hussein (acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
20 May 2006[1] – 20 August 2009[2]
PresidentJalal Talabani
Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki
Preceded byRowsch Shaways
Succeeded byRowsch Shaways
In office
28 June 2004 – 3 May 2005
Prime MinisterIyad Allawi
Preceded byCoalition Provisional Authority
Succeeded byRowsch Shaways
Chair of Board of Trustees at The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
In office
2007–2017
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJill Derby
Personal details
Born
Barham Ahmed Salih

(1960-09-12) 12 September 1960 (age 63)
Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Republic
Citizenship
NationalityKurdish
Political partyPatriotic Union of Kurdistan (1976–2017, 2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
Coalition for Democracy and Justice (2018)
SpouseSarbagh Salih
Children2
Residence(s)Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad, Iraq
Alma materCardiff University
University of Liverpool
Websitewww.barhamsalih.net

Barham Salih (Kurdish: بەرھەم ساڵح, romanized: Berhem Salih; Arabic: برهم صالح; born 12 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Who's who in Iraq's new cabinet". BBC. 20 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Iraq elects Kurdish Barham Salih as president". The National. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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