Jalal Talabani
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His Excellency Jalal Talabani |
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| 6th President of Iraq | |
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In office 7 April 2005 – 24 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki |
| Vice President |
Adil Abdul-Mahdi Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Tariq Al-Hashimi Khodair al-Khozaei |
| Preceded by | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (Interim) |
| Succeeded by | Fuad Masum |
| Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | |
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Assumed office 1 April 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| President of the Governing Council of Iraq | |
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In office 1 November 2003 – 30 November 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Ayad Allawi |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 November 1933 Kelkan, Iraq |
| Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Spouse(s) | Hero Ibrahim Ahmed |
| Children |
Qubad Bavil Talabani |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: جەلال تاڵەبانی Celal Tallebanî, Arabic: جلال طالباني Jalāl Ṭālabānī; born 12 November 1933) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth President of Iraq from 2005 to 2014. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq, although Abdul Karim Qasim was of partial Kurdish heritage. He is known as "Mam Jalal" meaning "uncle Jalal" among Kurdish people.
Talabani is the founder and has been secretary general of one of the main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). He was a prominent member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, which was established following the overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime by the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Talabani has been an advocate for Kurdish rights and democracy in Iraq for more than 50 years. Apart from his native Kurdish, Talabani is fluent in Arabic, Persian, and English.
Talabani was born in 1933 in Kelkan village, the son of Husamuddin, a shaykh of the Koy Sanjaq branch of the Talabani family The Talabani lineage has produced many leading social figures including the poet Riza Talabani, his grandson, Abd al-Karim Qasim's minister (1959-1963) and former National Democratic Party's member Hasan Talabani and Mukarram Talabani, a prominent member of the Communist party. He received his elementary and intermediate school education in Koya (Koysanjak) and his high school education in Erbil and Kirkuk. When he was in his teens, Talabani's peers began referring to him as "Mam" Jalal, as 'mam' meaning "paternal uncle" in Kurdish, and the Kurds have called him by this affectionate name ever since. In 1957, during the final year of his studies for a degree in law at Baghdad University, he was expelled because of his political activities. He completed his degree two years later.
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