Masoud Barzani
1st president of Iraqi Kurdistan (2005-17)
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Masoud Barzani is a Kurdish political and military leader who served as the first president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region from 2005 to 2017. He matters because he played a central role in establishing and leading the autonomous Kurdish government in northern Iraq during a critical period of the country's modern history.
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- Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement
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- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,384x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,811x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,764x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,746x
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Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مەسعوود بارزانی, romanized: Mesûd Barzanî; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017.
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1946 birthsCommons link from WikidataIraqi Kurdistani politiciansKurdish independence activistsKurdish nationalistsKurdish people in IraqKurdish revolutionariesKurdistan Democratic Party politiciansLiving peoplePeople from MahabadPeople of the 1991 Iraqi uprisingsPresidents of the Kurdistan Region (Iraq)