Rasul also noted that Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani is closely observing developments in the Kurdistan Region ...

"The positions under negotiation are divided into three tiers: top-level presidencies, key sovereign ministries, and service ...

Bafel Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani in ...

“Kirkuk is the heart of Kurdistan. Kirkuk is the heart of the PUK… Kirkuk is the heart of all Iraq,” Talabani said while addressing a crowd in Kirkuk on Wednesday. Speaking at a press ...

"So far, there is no agreement between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and KDP,” Majid Shankali ... a Kurd is elected for Iraq’s presidency, while a Sunni heads the parliament, and ...

The KDP and PUK have dominated Iraqi Kurdish politics ... but eventually it too became largely a political vehicle for late former Iraq President Jalal Talabani and his family.

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1975-2017 – Secretary General of the PUK. 1976 – Is involved in armed resistance ... November 1-30, 2003 – President of Iraq’s Governing Council. This position rotates monthly and nine ...

Since the Second Gulf War their autonomy became internationally recognised and in 2005 the two major parties, the KDP and the PUK, agreed to form a government. The ratification of the Iraq ...

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Residents of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish ... Irbil, and Dohuk and the PUK governing Sulaymaniyah. This division has frequently led to political deadlock. The parliamentary elections ...