Barzani, Massoud

1946 - Massoud Barzani was born 16th of August in Mahabad, Iran.

1979 - President of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

2004 - Became a member of the Iraqi Governing Council and was the president of the council.

2005 - Elected as the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region by the Iraqi Kurdistan's Parliament.

He is the son of the former Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani.