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Also known as Fouad Massoum, Muhammad Fouad Massoum Hawrami, Muhammad Fuad Masum

7th President of the Republic of Iraq

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Fuad Masum is an Iraqi politician, lawyer, and philosopher born in 1938 in Koy Sanjaq. He served as the President of Iraq and is a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and the Iraqi Communist Party. A follower of Sunni Islam, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was educated at Al-Azhar University and the University of Baghdad.

Masum is also recognized as an author under the name Fuʼād Maʻṣūm. His published works include one entry, specifically the text al-Sanawāt al-arbaʻ fī Qaṣr al-Salām. His name appears in native language forms as فؤاد معصوم and فوئاد مەعسووم.

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  • al-Sanawāt al-arbaʻ fī Qaṣr al-Salām

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Key facts

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
President
Jalal Talabani
Born
( 1938-01-01 ) 1 January 1938 (age 88) , Koya , Kingdom of Iraq
Party
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1974–present)
Other political affiliations
Iraqi Communist Party (1962–1964) , Kurdistan Democratic Party (1964–1974)
Spouse
Rounak Abdulwahid Mustafa ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; died 2023 ) ​
Children
6; including Juwan
Alma mater
University of Baghdad , Al-Azhar University
Religion
Sunni Islam

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Iraq
Place of birth
Koy Sanjaq
Child
Juwan Fouad Masum
Occupation
philosopher
Political party
Iraqi Communist Party
Religion
Sunni Islam
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Image
Fuad Masum 2014.jpg
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date of birth
1938-01-01
Commons category
Fuad Masum
name in native language
فوئاد مەعسووم
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Encyclopedic overview

Muhammad Fuad Masum Hurami (Arabic: محمد فؤاد معصوم, romanized: Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; Kurdish: محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم هەورامی, born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as president following the 2014 parliamentary election. Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fuad Masum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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