Fuad Masum
Fuad Masum | |
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فوئاد مەعسووم فؤاد معصوم | |
Masum in 2018 | |
| President of Iraq | |
| In office 24 July 2014 – 2 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki Haider al-Abadi |
| Vice President | Khodair al-Khozaei Nouri al-Maliki Osama al-Nujaifi Ayad Alawi |
| Preceded by | Jalal Talabani |
| Succeeded by | Barham Salih |
| Speaker of the Council of Representatives Acting | |
| In office 14 June 2010 – 11 November 2010 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Ayad al-Samarrai |
| Succeeded by | Osama al-Nujaifi |
| 1st Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region | |
| In office 4 July 1992 – 26 April 1994 | |
| President | Saddam Hussein |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1938 Koya, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Political party | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1974–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Iraqi Communist Party (1962–1964) Kurdistan Democratic Party (1964–1974) |
| Spouse |
Rounak Abdulwahid Mustafa
(m. 1968; died 2023) |
| Children | 6; including Juwan |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad Al-Azhar University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Signature | |
Muhammad Fuad Masum Hurami (Arabic: محمد فؤاد معصوم, romanized: Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; Kurdish: محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم هەورامی, born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as president following the 2014 parliamentary election. Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani.