Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari
| Babaker Baderkhan Shawkat Zebari | |
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| Native name | بابا كر بدرخان شوكت زيباري |
| Born | Mosul, Iraq |
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| Service/branch |
 Iraqi Army
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| Years of service | 1970–2015 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Iraq |
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| Awards | Barzani Award Legion of Merit |
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
1991 uprisings in Iraq
Iraq War
Babaker Baderkhan Shawkat Zebari (Arabic: بابا كر بدرخان شوكت زيباري) is former Kurdish KDP politician and retired General in the New Iraqi Army. Zebari was chief of staff of the Iraqi army from 2003 till 2015.
General Babakir’s military education includes Light Air Defense Artillery Course, Iraqi Commando School, Thunderbolt School (Ranger), Airborne School, and Battlefielding (Special Forces). He is trained on several Anti-Tank weapon systems to include COBRA, SSII, and SAKER.
General Babakir began his military career in 1970 after graduating from the Rustamiyah Military Academy in Baghdad at a time when Kurdish citizens were scarcely allowed to serve at all. Upon completion of the Light Air Defense Artillery Course, General Babakir went to Jordan where he served as a platoon commander in an Iraqi Light Air Defense Artillery Battalion.
From 1971 until 1973 General Babakir served in a variety of leadership and technical positions in Baghdad, Taji, and Habiniyah, Iraq. By 1973 General Babakir determined that he could no longer remain in the Iraqi Army due to the unjust policies of the Iraqi government under the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He left the Iraqi Army and joined the Kurdish Revolution under the leadership of Mulla Mustafa Barzani.
General Babakir served as a combat company commander with the 1st Brigade of the Kurdish Revolution Army in Galala. He later transferred to the Bahdinan Region (Dahuk) where he served as Deputy Commander of the only artillery battalion in the 1st Army of Peshmerga. Later, he was assigned as a Deputy Commander of the Ammadiyah Brigade.
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