Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed | |
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| First Lady of Iraq | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2022 | |
| President | Abdul Latif Rashid |
| Preceded by | Sarbagh Salih |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Sabonkaran, Sulaymaniyah, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Spouse | Abdul Latif Rashid |
| Relations | Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (sister) Jalal Talabani (brother-in-law) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Ibrahim Ahmad (father) |
Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed (Sorani Kurdish: شاناز ئیبراهیم ئەحمەد) (born 1954) is an Iraqi-Kurdish politician and current First Lady of Iraq. Her husband is President Abdul Latif Rashid. She is a daughter of the Kurdish judge, writer, and politician Ibrahim Ahmed, and novelist Galawezh Salh Fatah. She is also a sister of former First Lady of Iraq, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed.[1]
Shanaz is a member of a prominent, politically active family from Sulaymaniyah and is closely associated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party,[2] which is currently headed by her nephew, Bafel Talabani.
- ^ "Hero Ibrahim Ahmad: The Original Female Peshmerga". 29 October 2015.
- ^ "'Dance of the Monkeys' Takes PUK Internal Tensions to Another Level". 25 November 2018.