Jalal Talabani

Jalal Talabani (born 1933) is a seasoned Iraqi Kurdish politician, who was named State President of Iraq on April 6, 2005 by the Iraqi National Assembly. Talabani is founder and secretary general of one of the main Iraqi Kurdish political parties the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). He was also a prominent member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, which was established following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Timeline

1947 Joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party

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1953 Elected to the KDP central committee

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1954 Elected as the Secretary General of the Kurdistan Students Union

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1961 Head of the KDP Peshmerga

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1975 Founded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

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2005 Elected President of Iraq

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