Fuad Masum
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Muhammad Fuad Masum (Arabic: محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي, romanized: Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; Kurdish: محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم, born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as president following the 2014 parliamentary election.[1] Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani.
Quick Facts 7th President of Iraq, Prime Minister ...
Fuad Masum | |
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معصوم هورامي | |
7th President of Iraq | |
In office 24 July 2014 – 2 October 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki Haider al-Abadi |
Vice President | Khodair al-Khozaei Nouri al-Maliki Osama al-Nujaifi Ayad Alawi |
Preceded by | Jalal Talabani |
Succeeded by | Barham Salih |
Speaker of the Council of Representatives Acting | |
In office 14 June 2010 – 11 November 2010 | |
President | Jalal Talabani |
Preceded by | Ayad al-Samarrai |
Succeeded by | Osama al-Nujaifi |
1st Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region | |
In office 4 July 1992 – 26 April 1994 | |
President | Saddam Hussein |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
Personal details | |
Born | Muhammad Fuad Masum محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم (1938-01-01) 1 January 1938 (age 86) Koya, Kingdom of Iraq |
Citizenship | Iraq |
Nationality | Kurdish |
Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1974–present) |
Other political affiliations | Iraqi Communist Party (1962–1964) Kurdistan Democratic Party (1964–1974) |
Spouse |
Rounak Abdulwahid Mustafa
(m. 1968) |
Children | 6; including Juwan |
Alma mater | University of Baghdad Al-Azhar University |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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