Massoud Barzani

Massoud Barzani (born August 16, 1946) is the head of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He has been the president of the party since 1979. Barzani led the Kurdistan Democratic Party to establish a government in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. He was also a member of the US-led occupation of Iraq, "Iraq Interim Governing Council". He became president of the council on April 1, 2004, for a term of one month.

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Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran. He is the son of the former Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani.

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His chief political rival, Jalal Talabani of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, is currently President of Iraq.

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August 16: August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 137 days remaining....

1946: 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar)...

Kurdistan Democratic Party: The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP; Kurdish: Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistan? or PDK) is a Kurdish political party led by Massoud Barzani. It is primarily a tribally-based and military group, based near Iraq's northern border with Turkey....