Barham Salih | |
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برهم صالح | |
.jpg) Salih in 2019 | |
| 8th President of Iraq | |
| In office 2 October 2018 – 17 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Haider Al-Abadi Adil Abdul-Mahdi Mustafa Al-Kadhimi |
| Preceded by | Fuad Masum |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Latif Rashid |
| Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region | |
| In office 28 October 2009 – 5 April 2012 | |
| President | Masoud Barzani |
| Preceded by | Nechirvan Barzani |
| Succeeded by | Nechirvan Barzani |
| In office 21 January 2001 – 15 July 2004 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Succeeded by | Omar Fattah Hussein (acting) |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| In office 20 May 2006[1] – 20 August 2009[2] | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Rowsch Shaways |
| Succeeded by | Rowsch Shaways |
| In office 28 June 2004 – 3 May 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Iyad Allawi |
| Preceded by | Coalition Provisional Authority |
| Succeeded by | Rowsch Shaways |
| Chair of Board of Trustees at The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani | |
| In office 2007–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jill Derby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barham Ahmed Salih 8 September 1960 Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Republic |
| Citizenship | |
| Nationality | Kurdish |
| Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1976–2017, 2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Coalition for Democracy and Justice (2018) |
| Spouse | Sarbagh Salih |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University University of Liverpool |
| Website | t |
Barham Salih (Kurdish: بەرھەم ساڵح, romanized: Berhem Salih; Arabic: برهم صالح; born 8 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Who's who in Iraq's new cabinet". BBC. 20 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Iraq elects Kurdish Barham Salih as president". The National. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2018.