Vice President of Kurdistan Region

Deputy head of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq

Vice President of Kurdistan Region
Flag of Kurdistan
Incumbent Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa and Mustafa Said Qadir since July 2019
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Vote in the Kurdistan Region Parliament
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Kosrat Rasul Ali
Formation	14 June 2005
Website	presidency.gov.krd

The vice president of Kurdistan Region is the deputy head of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. They are part of the Kurdistan Presidency Council.^[1] The vice presidents assist the president in his or her duties and in the president's absence is the acting president.^[2]

On 14 June 2005 Masoud Barzani was sworn in by the Kurdistan Region Parliament as new president.^[3] Kurdistan National Assembly elected Kosrat Rasul Ali as the vice president of the Kurdistan Region.^[2]

List of vice presidents

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
1		Kosrat Rasul Ali (born 1952)	14 June 2005	1 November 2017	12 years, 140 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan^[2]
2		Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa (born 1950)	8 September 2019^[4]	Incumbent	4 years, 266 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan^[5]^[6]
3		Mustafa Said Qadir (born 1958)	8 September 2019^[4]	Incumbent	4 years, 266 days	Gorran Movement^[7]^[8]

Politics of Kurdistan Region


National symbols Anthem Flag
Referendums Independence poll, 2005 Independence poll, 2017 Kirkuk status (planned)
Government Presidency Council President Nechirvan Barzani Vice Presidents Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa Mustafa Said Qadir Prime Minister Masrour Barzani
Parliament Speaker: Rewaz Fayeq Members
Recent elections Presidential: 1992 2009 Parliamentary: 2013 2018
Political parties Democratic Party (KDP) Patriotic Union (PUK) Movement for Change (Gorran) New Generation (NG) Justice Group (KJG) Islamic Union (KIU)
Administrative divisions Silemani (Sulaymaniyah) Dohuk Hawler (Arbil) Disputed Nineveh Kirkuk Diyala
Foreign relations Diplomatic missions of Kurdistan Region to Kurdistan Region Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Kurdish nationalism
Other countries
v t e

References

^ "KRG".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kurdistan Region Presidency". www.presidency.krd.
^ "Iraqi Kurdistan leader sworn in". 14 June 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ "President Barzani Appoints Vice Presidents of the Kurdistan Region". presidency.gov.krd.
^ "Kurdistan Region Vice President Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa". presidency.gov.krd.
^ "PUK tips Qubad Talabani as deputy PM, Sheikh Jaafar as VP for new KRG". www.rudaw.net.
^ "Kurdistan Region Vice President Mustafa Qadir Mustafa". presidency.gov.krd.
^ Corporation, Nalia. "Gorran selects its candidates for new government: source". www.nrttv.com.