Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مەسعوود‌ بارزانی, romanized: Mesûd Barzanî; [3][4] born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017.

Masoud Barzani is the president of Iraqi Kurdistan’s government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). He has held the post since 2005, and was previously a leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979.

Oct 29, 2017 · Masoud Barzani, who spent decades leading the long-oppressed Kurds, confirmed on Sunday he was stepping down as president of the Kurdistan Regional Government after his drive for independence...

President Barzani Receives German Foreign Ministry State Minister. During their meeting, the officials discussed regional and Syrian political and security developments, including terrorism threats, the role of Kurdish parties in Syria's future, and the importance of maintaining stability through peaceful dialogue.

Oct 14, 2024 · The once-cohesive leadership may be splintering as two powerful figures, Masrour Barzani and Nechirvan Barzani, vie for dominance. As both seek to tighten their grip on the family’s legacy, the party’s future, and the fate of the Kurdistan Region, the cracks within may become impossible to ignore.

Oct 30, 2017 · President Masoud Barzani, who said on Sunday he was stepping down, founded Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region but was also responsible for sparking its gravest crisis with his drive for independence.

Oct 29, 2017 · Masoud Barzani, a former Peshmerga fighter, has led the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, battling for autonomy for Iraq’s Kurdish region. The KDP is one of the two dominant...

As leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, Mr Barzani has worked to achieve the party’s goals of democracy for Iraq and autonomy, later federalism, for Kurdistan. Throughout the1990s and until the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, he helped to bring the Iraqi opposition closer together.

General Mustafa Barzani, accompanied by over 500 men moved towards the Soviet Union where he would remain until the fall of the royal family in Iraq in 1958 when he was granted the permission to return to Kurdistan.

Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مەسعوود‌ بارزانی, romanized: Mesûd Barzanî; [3] [4] born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017.