Masrour Barzani
Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan since 2019
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| June 10 2019 | Sworn in as prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) after receiving 87 votes out of 97 legislators in the Kurdistan parliament, leading the ninth cabinet. |
| December 3 2018 | At a KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) leadership meeting, Masrour Barzani was named as the candidate for Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region by party spokesperson Mahmoud Mohammed. |
| May 2016 | Authored an op-ed in the Washington Post advocating for an 'amicable' separation of Iraqi Kurdistan from Iraq, calling Iraq 'a conceptual failure' and announcing the beginning of talks with the Iraqi Government leading up to a referendum. |
| 2012 | Appointed by his father Masoud Barzani as Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, overseeing security, military intelligence, and existing intelligence services. Officially added women to the Kurdish security services during his tenure. |
| 2010 | Received the highest votes at the 13th Congress, was reelected to the Leadership Council and selected as a Politburo member of the KDP. Gave an interview to the Jamestown Foundation discussing the status of disputed areas in Iraq. |
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