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Fuad Masum
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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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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- 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
- Educated at
- University of Baghdad
- 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
- P10632
- Fuad Masum
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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.