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  • A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign rally
    A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign ...
    Source: AFP
  • A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign rally
    A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign ...
    Source: AFP
  • A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign rally
    A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign ...
    Source: AFP
  • An Iraqi Kurdish man attends a rally for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and regional president Massoud Barzani
    An Iraqi Kurdish man attends a rally for Iraqi President Jalal ...
    Source: AFP
  • Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani holds a joint conference with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Arbil
    Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani holds a joint conference with ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani waits for the start of a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Brussels
    Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani waits for the start of a meeting ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani meets European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Brussels
    Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani meets European Union foreign ...
    Source: Reuters
A child waves an Iraqi flag during a provincial election campaign ...
Massoud Barzani's Biography

Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مسعودبارزانی, Mesûd Barzanî) (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad. He has five sons (incl. Masrour) and three daughters.

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  • Iraq VP vetoes election law

    Baghdad : Iraq | 5 days ago

    Iraq's parliament wrangled for weeks over crucial laws that must be in place for the election to proceed on time. But now the country's vice-president, Tareq al-Hashemi, has vetoed part of the law ...

  • Kurds united on Kirkuk

    Ankara : Turkey | 24 days ago

    Kurdish political leaders in Iraq have called for a united stance on the issue of Kirkuk as a key election vote stalls in the Iraqi Parliament...That date is in jeopardy, however, as lawmakers have ...

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  • News Source: BBC | 4 days ago
    In theory, the crisis generated by Mr Hashemi's veto could be resolved swiftly, allowing the law to be amended by parliament and endorsed by the presidency, and an election date promulgated...Mr Hashemi said that during the 10 days of intensive to-
  • News Source: Washington Post | 5 days ago
    Sunni Arabs and Kurds - both of whom are effectively demanding the allocation of more seats in the next parliament, which is almost assured of having a Shiite Muslim majority. On Tuesday, Kurdish officials threatened to boycott the vote in the three
  • News Source: United Press International | 5 days ago
    Iraqi residents in the Kurdish provinces will boycott the January parliamentary elections unless the allocation of seats is amended, Kurdish leaders said. A three-member Iraqi presidential council threatened recently to veto amendments to a 2005

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  • Blog Source: al-darb.blogspot.com | 4 days ago
    The office of Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani said the way seats were allocated to Kurds under the new election law was unfair. "Unless this seat allocation formula is reconsidered in a just manner, the people of (the) ...
  • Blog Source: www.mcclatchydc.com | 4 days ago
    On Tuesday, however, Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani threatened a Kurdish boycott of the elections, charging that Kurds were under-represented in government figures for ration cards, which serve to identify voters. ...
  • Blog Source: musingsoniraq.blogspot.com | 4 days ago
    Now Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani is threatening a Kurdish boycott unless the number of seats up for grabs in each province is changed. President Barzani recently told the press that the three Kurdish ...

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