# Masoud Barzani

> He led the Kurdistan Democratic Party for over four decades and served as President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq through a turbulent stretch of Middle Eastern history.

*1st president of Iraqi Kurdistan (2005-17)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/masoud-barzani

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1946-08-16
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Masoud Barzani was born on 16 August 1946 into a Kurdish political lineage that would shape his path. In 1979, he took leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, a role he has held ever since. That decades-long grip on the KDP positioned him at the center of Kurdish autonomy efforts in northern Iraq. In 2005, he became President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, presiding over the semi-autonomous territory through years of sectarian conflict, the rise of ISIS, and ongoing disputes with Baghdad. He stepped down from the presidency in 2017, but his influence within Kurdish politics and the party apparatus remains.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 13.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/masoud_barzani (@masoud_barzani)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Barzani)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315927)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Masoud%20Barzani)
- [مسعود بارزانی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Məsud Bərzani](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99sud_B%C9%99rzani)
- [Masoud Barzani](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Barzani)
- [Масуд Барзані](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96)
- [Масуд Барзани](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8)
- [মাসউদ বারজানি](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF)
- [Masud Barzani](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masud_Barzani)
- [مەسعوود بارزانی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Masúd Barzání](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mas%C3%BAd_Barz%C3%A1n%C3%AD)
- [Massoud Barzani](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massoud_Barzani)
- [Masud Barzani](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masud_Barzani)
- [Μασούντ Μπαρζανί](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF)
- [Masud Barzani](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masud_Barzani)
- [Masud Barzani](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masud_Barzani)
- [Mesûd Barzanî](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mes%C3%BBd_Barzan%C3%AE)
- [مسعود بارزانی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Masud Barzani](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masud_Barzani)
- [Massoud Barzani](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massoud_Barzani)
- [Mesûd Barzanî](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mes%C3%BBd_Barzan%C3%AE)
- [מסעוד בארזאני](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99)
- [Maszúd Barzani](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masz%C3%BAd_Barzani)
- [Մասուդ Բարզանի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A4_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Massoud_Barzani)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mas'ud_Barzani)
- [Wikiquote](https://ku.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mes%C3%BBd_Barzan%C3%AE)
- [مسعود بارزاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)

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