Masrour Barzani

Masrour Barzani
Mesrûr Barzanî
Barzani in 2019
Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
Assumed office
10 June 2019
PresidentNechirvan Barzani
DeputyQubad Talabani[1]
Preceded byNechirvan Barzani
Personal details
Born (1969-03-02) 2 March 1969 (age 55)
Choman, Iraq
Political partyKurdistan Democratic Party
Alma materAmerican University
Website

Masrour Barzani (Arabic: مسرور بارزاني; Kurdish: مەسروور بارزانی, romanized: Mesrûr Barzanî) (born 2 March 1969)[2] is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and serving as prime minister of the Kurdistan Region, since June 2019.[3] He is also the chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council and a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was sworn in as prime minister of the KRG’s ninth cabinet on 10 June 2019, after receiving 87 votes out of 97 legislators in the Kurdistan parliament.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Kurdistan Parliament approves nominees for new KRG cabinet". www.nrttv.com. Corporation Nalia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  2. ^ "Birth Place of Masrour Barzani". www.rudaw.net (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on October 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Iraqi Kurdistan profile". BBC. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ Ali, Sangar (11 June 2019). "Parliament names Masrour Barzani as new Prime Minister of Kurdistan". Kurdistan 24. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Parliament confirms Masrour Barzani as new KRG prime minister". Rudaw.