Iraqi politician (1933-2017)
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First Kurd to lead Iraq as a nation-state. Talabani held the presidency for nine years after decades spent fighting for Kurdish autonomy — then governing alongside the same forces he'd once opposed.
Born in 1933, Talabani founded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and spent half a century pushing for Kurdish rights and democratic reform inside Iraq. After the 2003 invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, he joined the Interim Iraq Governing Council and became a central figure in the transition. In 2005 he was elected Iraq's sixth president, the first Kurd to hold the office, and served until 2014. His tenure marked a shift from insurgent to institution-builder, navigating the country's sectarian fractures from the top. He died in October 2017.
Sourced, dated quotes from Jalal Talabani
The building of this site would not be possible without the courageous decision by President Bush to liberate Iraq.
The brutal regime of the dictator fell … the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.
This is a historic visit full of love and brotherhood that sends the message that Iraq and Iran are now having the best relationship.
It was an agreement between (former Iraqi president) Saddam (Hussein) and the shah of Iran (ousted in 1979) and not between Iraq and Iran.
We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving any democratic purpose in Turkey or in Iraq.
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