Rowsch Shaways

Rowsch Nuri Shaways (Kurdish رۆژ نووری شاوەیس; Arabic روز نوري شاويس; 1947 – 15 February 2021) was a Kurdish politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the KDP-controlled part of Kurdistan.

Rowsch Shaways
Rowsch Shaways, 2011
1st Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
In office 26 September 1996 – 20 December 1999
President	Massoud Barzani
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Nechervan Idris Barzani
Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly
In office October 1999 – January 2003
Preceded by	Jawhar Namiq
Succeeded by	Kamal Fuad
Vice President of Iraq Interim
In office June 1, 2004 – April 7, 2005 Serving with Ibrahim al-Jaafari
President	Ghazi al-Yawer
Preceded by	Taha Yassin Ramadan
Succeeded by	Ghazi al-Yawer and Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Vice Presidents)
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
In office April 7, 2005 – May 20, 2006
Prime Minister	Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Succeeded by	Barham Salih
In office August 20, 2009 – September 8, 2014 Serving with Rafi al-Issawi,[1] Saleh al-Mutlaq[2] and Hussain al-Shahristani[3]
Prime Minister	Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Succeeded by	Hoshyar Zebari
In office 18 October 2014 – 10 August 2015 Serving with Saleh al-Mutlaq and Baha Araji[4]
Prime Minister	Haider al-Abadi
Preceded by	Hoshyar Zebari
Personal details
Born	1947 Sulaymaniyah,Kurdistan Region, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	15 February 2021(2021-02-15) (aged 73–74) Erbil , Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Political party	Kurdistan Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Elke Shaways
Children	3
Residence	Erbil

He was one of Iraq's two vice presidents in the interim government in 2004. He was a Deputy Prime Minister in the government headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari and later held the same post under Nouri al-Maliki.

He also was Deputy Prime Minister under Haider Al-Abadi from 8 September 2014 to 9 August 2015.

He was speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly in the Kurdish autonomous region. Shaways was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.