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Jalal Talabani
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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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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iraq
- Place of birth
- Kelkan
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Spouse
- Hero Ibrahim Ahmed
- Child
- Bafel Talabani
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- President of Iraq
- Educated at
- University of Baghdad
- Political party
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Kurdish
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Meetings of Presidents participated in Nowruz with Ali Khamenei - Tehran, Iran (Cropped on Talabani).jpg
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- name in native language
- جەلال تاڵەبانی
- date of death
- 2017-10-03
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- date of birth
- 1933-11-12
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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