Rowsch Shaways
| Rowsch Shaways | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of KDP-controlled Kurdistan | |
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In office 26 September 1996 – 20 December 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Post Created |
| Succeeded by | Nechervan Idris Barzani |
| Interim Vice President of Iraq Shared office with Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
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In office June 1, 2004 – April 7, 2005 |
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| President | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer |
| Preceded by | Taha Yassin Ramadan |
| Succeeded by |
Ghazi al-Yawer and Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Vice Presidents) |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | |
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In office April 7, 2005 – May 20, 2006 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Barham Salih |
| Succeeded by | Barham Salih |
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In office August 20, 2009 – September 8, 2014 Serving with Rafi al-Issawi,Saleh al-Mutlaq and Hussain al-Shahristani |
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| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Barham Salih |
| Succeeded by | Hoshyar Zebari |
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In office 18 October 2014 – 10 August 2015 Serving with Saleh al-Mutlaq and Baha Araji |
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| Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
| Preceded by | Hoshyar Zebari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 (age 69–70) Sulaymaniyah, Iraq |
| Political party | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| Residence | Erbil |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Rowsch Nuri Shaways (Kurdish رۆژ نووری شاوەیس; Arabic روز نورى شاويس) is a Kurdish politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the KDP-controlled part of Kurdistan. After the invasion of Iraq that overthrew the Saddam Hussein regime, he served as one of Iraq's two vice presidents in the interim government established in 2004. Subsequently, he was a Deputy Prime Minister in the government headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari and later held the same post under Nouri al-Maliki. He also served as Depty Prime Minister under Haider Al-Abadi from 8 September 2014 to 9 August 2015. Previously, he served as Parliament speaker in the Kurdish autonomous region and is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He is the oldest brother of 8 after Teshk, Pishko, Rizgar, Rast, Rahel, Brusk and Ranj Shaways.
His Father was Nuri Siddik Shaways, who was one of the first Kurdish cabinet ministers in Iraq after the 1970 Autonomy Accord. His mother Nahida Shaksalam served as the first woman Member of Parliament .He is the oldest of 8 brothers
Dr. Shaways earned a doctorate in engineering in Germany and returned to Iraq in 1975 to join the Kurdish resistance to Saddam Hussein, where he helped lead the Peshmerga forces in many key battles alongside Masoud Barzani and many of his younger brothers.
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