Lara Zara

Lara Yussif Zara
ܠܪܐ ܝܘܣܦ ܙܪܐ
لارا يوسف زارا
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 July 2017[1][2]
GovernorNofal Hammadi (2017)
Faiez Abed Jahwareh (2018)
Mansour Marid (2019)
Preceded byFaiez Abed Jahwareh (discharged over allegations of corruption, but later reinstated.)[3]
Personal details
Born1982[4]
Political partyKurdistan Democratic Party[1]
Other political
affiliations		Shlama Entity (2014 elections)[5]
EducationGraduate in economics and management[4]

Lara Yussif Zara (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܪܐ ܝܘܣܦ ܙܪܐ) is an Assyrian politician who is currently serving as the mayor of Alqosh in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq.[4] A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Zara was appointed to the mayorship in July 2017 by the KDP-led Nineveh Provincial Council after the previous mayor had charges of corruption by the Provincial Council.[6][1][7][4] She is both the first female mayor of Alqosh and the first woman to serve as mayor of any city in Iraq.

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  2. ^ "Christian woman elected mayor of Iraqi town for first time ever". Catholic Herald. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Alqosh, Christian village on faultline of Iraq and Kurdistan". Middle East Eye. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Fides, Agenzia. "ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldian Catholic Lara Zara elected mayor of Alqosh - Agenzia Fides". www.fides.org. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ "قوائم ابناء شعبنا واسماء مرشحيهم المشاركين في انتخابات مجلس النواب العراقي". www.ishtartv.com (in Arabic). 4 April 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  6. ^ Youhana, Rosemary (2019-01-29). "Kurdistan's Curious Democracy". The National Interest. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  7. ^ "Irak - Élection d'un maire catholique chaldéen". InfoCatho (in French). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.