Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani | |
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جەلال تاڵەبانی جلال طالباني | |
Talabani in 2005 | |
| President of Iraq | |
| In office 7 April 2005 – 24 July 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Vice President | |
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| Succeeded by | Fuad Masum |
| President of the Governing Council of Iraq | |
| In office 1 November 2003 – 30 November 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Ayad Allawi |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim |
| Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | |
| In office 1 April 1975 – 3 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Kosrat Rasul Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jalal Husamuddin Talabani 1933 Kelkan, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Died | October 3, 2017 (aged 83–84) Berlin, Germany |
| Resting place | Dabashan, Sulaymaniyah |
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| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, romanized: Celal Talebanî; Arabic: جلال طالباني Jalāl Ṭālabānī; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014, as well as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq.
Talabani was the founder and 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 Saddam Hussein in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Talabani was an advocate for Kurdish rights and democracy in Iraq for more than 50 years.