Qubad Talabani
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Assumed office 2005 |
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21 July 1977 Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Mother | Hero Ibrahim Ahmad |
| Father | Jalal Talabani |
| Residence | Kurdistan |
| Website | Kurdistan Regional Government |
Qubad Talabani (born 21 July 1977) is the deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Formerly serving as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in the United States, Qubad is the second son of Iraqi former President Jalal Talabani.
Qubad grew up in Surrey, United Kingdom with his maternal grandparents, Ibrahim Ahmed, a novelist, poet and a founder of the modern intellectual Kurdish movement and Galawejh Ahmed (also a novelist). After graduating from High School, Qubad took a keen interest in Engineering, obtained his Diploma in Motor Vehicle Engineering at Carshalton College, and later received a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (majoring in Automotive Systems Engineering) at Kingston University in Greater London.
During the mid-nineties, Qubad worked on and off as a car-mechanic for a dealership that specialized in Lancia, Suzuki and Maserati vehicles.
From 2001 - 2003, Qubad worked as a special assistant to Barham Salih, at that time the Representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (one of Iraq's leading Kurdish political parties) in Washington D.C., and later as the Deputy PUK Representative. In 2003, he returned to Kurdistan for one year and served as the PUK's Senior Foreign Relations officer to the coalition forces and the Coalition Provisional Authority. He also acted as a liaison officer between the PUK and U.S. military forces in Iraq. He was a leading negotiator in the drafting of the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL), the first Iraqi constitution since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
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