Jalal Talabani

Iraqi politician (1933-2017)

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Jalal Talabani was an Iraqi politician and Kurdish leader who played a major role in Iraqi politics for several decades, including serving as President of Iraq from 2005 to 2017. He mattered because he helped represent Kurdish interests in Iraq and was involved in shaping the country's government after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1944-07-24
Active to: 2018-06-04

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Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: جەلال تاڵەبانی, romanized: Celal Talebanî, Arabic: جلال طالباني, romanized: Jalāl Ṭālabānī; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the 6th president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014, as well as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq.

Talabani was the founder and secretary-general of one of the main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). He was a prominent member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, which was established following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Talabani was an advocate for Kurdish rights and democracy in Iraq for more than 50 years.