Jalal Talabani

Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani
جەلال تاڵەبانی
	Talabani in 2005
6th President of Iraq
	In office; 7 April 2005 – 24 July 2014;
Prime Minister	Ayad Allawi; Ibrahim al-Jaafari; Nouri al-Maliki;
Vice President	Adil Abdul-Mahdi; Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer; Tariq al-Hashimi; Khodair al-Khozaei;
Preceded by	Saddam Hussein (1979–2003); Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (acting);
Succeeded by	Fuad Masum
President of the Governing Council of Iraq
	In office; 1 November 2003 – 30 November 2003
Preceded by	Ayad Allawi
Succeeded by	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
	In office; 1 April 1975 – 3 October 2017
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kosrat Rasul Ali
Personal details
Born	Jalal Husamuddin Talabani; November 12, 1933; Kelkan, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	October 3, 2017 (aged 83); Berlin, Germany
Resting place	Dabashan, Sulaymaniyah
Political party	KDP (1947–1975); PUK (from 1975);
Spouse	Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (m. 1970)
Children	Bafel; Qubad;
Alma mater	University of Baghdad

Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, romanized: Celal Talebanî; Arabic: جلال طالباني Jalāl Ṭālabānī; 12 November 1933 – 3 October 2017)^[2]^[3] was an Kurdistanî politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014, as well as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq. He was ethnically Kurdish.^[4]^[5]

Talabani was the founder and secretary-general of one of the main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). He was a prominent member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, which was established following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Talabani was an advocate for Kurdish rights and democracy in Iraq for more than 50 years.