His Excellency Jalal Talabani
6t Preses o Iraq
In office 7 Aprile 2005 ? 24 Julie 2014
Prime Meenister	Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki
Vice Preses	Adil Abdul-Mahdi Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Tariq Al-Hashimi Khodair al-Khozaei
Precedit bi	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
Succeedit bi	Fuad Masum
Leader o the Patriotic Union o Kurdistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 Aprile 1975
Precedit bi	Office Created
Preses o the Govrenin Cooncil o Iraq
In office 1 November 2003 ? 30 November 2003
Precedit bi	Ayad Allawi
Succeedit bi	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Personal details
Born	12 November 1933 ( 1933-11-12 ) Kelkan, Iraq
Dee'd	3 October 2017 (aged 83) Germany
Poleetical pairty	Patriotic Union o Kurdistan
Spoose(s)	Hero Ibrahim Ahmed
Bairns	Qubad
Alma mater	Varsity o Baghdad
Religion	Sunni Islam

Jalal Talabani ( Kurdish : ????? ???????? ‎ Celal Tallebani , Arabic : ???? ??????? ‎ Jal?l ??lab?n? ; born 12 November 1933; died 3 October 2017) wis the saxt Preses o Iraq , a leadin Kurdish politeecian. He is the first non-Arab preses o Iraq , altho Abdul Karim Qasim wis o pairtial Kurdish heritage. ^[1]

Talabani is the foonder an secretar general o ane o the main Kurdish poleetical pairties, the Patriotic Union o Kurdistan (PUK). He wis a prominent member o the Interim Iraq Govrenin Cooncil , which wis established follaein the owerthrow o the Saddam Hussein regime bi the invasion o Iraq in 2003 . Talabani haes been an advocate for Kurdish richts an democracy in Iraq for mair nor 50 years. Apart frae his native Kurdish , Talabani is fluent in Arabic , Persie , an Inglis . Talabani is a member o the Socialist Internaitional . ^[2]

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