Babaker Zebari

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Babakir Baderkhan Shawkat Zebari
Native name	بابەکر بەدرخان شەوکەت زێباری
Born	1947 Mosul, Kingdom of Iraq
Allegiance	Iraq (1970–1973) KDP (1973–2003)  Iraq (2003–2015)
Service / branch	Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service	1970–2015
Rank	General
Commands	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Iraq
Battles / wars	Second Iraqi–Kurdish War 1991 uprisings in Iraq Iraq War Operation Phantom Phoenix
Awards	Barzani Award Legion of Merit

Babakir Baderkhan Shawkat Zebari (Kurdish: بابەکر بەدرخان شەوکەت زێباری) is a retired Iraqi Kurdish General and former KDP politician . Zebari was chief of staff of the Iraqi Army from 2004 till 2015.^[1]