Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region

"Prime Minister of Kurdistan" redirects here. For the Kurdish prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad, see Haji Baba Sheikh.

The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region is the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, governing semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The government is elected as part of the Kurdistan Region Parliament.^[1]

Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
Political Emblem
Incumbent Masrour Barzani since 10 June 2019
Appointer	Kurdistan Region Parliament
Term length	Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Fuad Masum (de facto) Nechirvan Barzani (de jure)
Formation	4 July 1992 (de facto) 1 March 2006 (de jure)
Website	www.krg.org

List of prime ministers

1992–2005

After the 1992 parliamentary election resulted in the two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), each holding 50 out of 100 seats, they decided to create a unity government (which was not recognized by the Ba'athist Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein).^[2]

Iraqi Kurdistan after the 1998 cease-fire. Green area controlled by the PUK, Yellow area controlled by the KDP

The unity government soon collapsed and in 1994 a civil war broke out, which lasted until 1998. This resulted in the establishment of two Kurdistan Regional Governments in 1996, a KDP-controlled one in Erbil and a PUK-controlled one in Sulaymaniyah, each with their own prime minister.^[2]

PUK-controlled part Prime Ministers of the PUK-controlled Kurdistan Regional Government:[3] No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office 1 Fuad Masum (born 1938) 4 July 1992 26 April 1993 296 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 2 Kosrat Rasul Ali (born 1952) 26 April 1993 21 January 2001 7 years, 270 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 3 Barham Salih (born 1960) 21 January 2001 15 July 2004 3 years, 176 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 4 Omer Fattah Hussain (born 1948) 15 July 2004 14 June 2005 334 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

KDP-controlled part Prime Ministers of the KDP-controlled Kurdistan Regional Government:[3] No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office 1 Roj Shaweis (1947–2021) 26 September 1996 20 December 1999 3 years, 85 days Kurdistan Democratic Party 2 Nechirvan Barzani (born 1966) 20 December 1999 14 June 2005 5 years, 176 days Kurdistan Democratic Party

2006–present

After the reconciliation between the KDP and PUK, parliamentary election was held on January 30, 2005, and an agreement was made to let a KDP leader become prime minister for the first term and a PUK Prime Minister to become president for the second term, so Nechervan Barzani became prime minister. Barham Salih held the post of prime minister until 17 January 2012 after which he relinquished his position to Nechervan Idris Barzani.^[4]

Prime Ministers of Kurdistan Regional Government:

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Nechirvan Barzani (born 1966)	1 March 2006	31 August 2009	3 years, 183 days	Kurdistan Democratic Party
2		Barham Salih (born 1960)	1 September 2009	17 January 2012	2 years, 138 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
(1)		Nechirvan Barzani (born 1966)	17 January 2012	10 June 2019	7 years, 144 days	Kurdistan Democratic Party
3		Masrour Barzani (born 1969)	10 June 2019[5]	Incumbent	6 years, 73 days	Kurdistan Democratic Party

Timeline

See also

• President of Kurdistan Region
• Vice President of Kurdistan Region