Nechirvan Barzani

His Excellency Nechirvan Barzani
Nêçîrvan Barzanî
Barzani in 2018
2nd President of Kurdistan Region
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2019
Prime Minister	Masrour Barzani
Vice President	Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa Mustafa Said Qadir[1]
Preceded by	Masoud Barzani
Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
In office 7 March 2012 – 10 June 2019
President	Masoud Barzani
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Succeeded by	Masrour Barzani
In office 1 March 2006 – 31 August 2009
President	Masoud Barzani
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Barham Salih
In office 20 December 1999 – 14 June 2005
President	Masoud Barzani
Preceded by	Rowsch Shaways
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Nechirvan Idris Barzani (1966-09-21) 21 September 1966 (age 57) Barzan, Kurdistan Region
Political party	Kurdistan Democratic Party
Spouse	Nabila Barzani
Children	5
Education	University of Tehran

Nechirvan Idris Barzani (Kurdish: Nêçîrvan Barzanî نێچیرڤان بارزانی; born 21 September 1966) is a Kurdish politician serving as the second President of Kurdistan Region, Iraq.^[2] He was elected into office by the Kurdistan Region Parliament in June 2019.^[3] Nechirvan Barzani was appointed as Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party since 2010.^[4] He previously served as Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government from March 2007 to August 2009 and March 2012 to May 2019.^[5] Nechirvan Barzani is also the founder of the University Of Kurdistan Hewlêr, the region's top ranking university located in Erbil.^[6][7][8] His rule combines aspects of Kurdish nationalism, national conservatism, economic liberalism, modernism and reforms, reforms in agriculture and women's rights.

Nechirvan Barzani is commonly referred to as Nechirvan the lionheart or Nechirvan Dilê Şêr in Kurdish by his followers due to his reputation as a warrior and his resistance against the Iraqi army during the war in the 1990s.^[9]