Bafel Talabani

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Bafel Jalal Talabani
Talabani (right) with Sheikh Nehro (left)
President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 February 2020
Personal details
Born	(1973-02-19) 19 February 1973 (age 51) Baghdad, Iraq
Political party	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Relations	Qubad Talabani (brother) Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed (aunt)
Parents	Jalal Talabani (father) Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (mother)
Residence(s)	Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region
Occupation	Founder of CTG Kurdistan Leader of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Military service
Battles/wars	Iraq War Islamist insurgency in Iraqi Kurdistan Operation Viking Hammer

Bafel Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: بافڵ جەلال تاڵەبانی), known as Bafel Talabani (Kurdish: بافڵ تاڵەبانی) (born 19 February 1973), is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and current leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). He is the older son of former PUK leader Jalal Talabani.