Abdul Latif Rashid

Abdul Latif Rashid
لەتيف ڕەشید
Rashid in 2023
9th President of Iraq
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2022
Prime Minister	Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Minister of Water Resources
In office September 2003 – December 2010
Prime Minister	Ayad Allawi Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by	Coalition Provisional Authority
Succeeded by	Mohanad Salman al-Sady
Personal details
Born	(1944-08-10) 10 August 1944 (age 79) Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Citizenship	Iraq United Kingdom
Nationality	Iraq United Kingdom
Political party	PUK
Spouse	Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed
Relations	Jalal Talabani (brother-in-law) Ibrahim Ahmed (father-in-law) Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (sister-in-law)
Children	3
Residence(s)	Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad, Iraq
Alma mater	University of Manchester University of Liverpool

Abdul Latif Rashid (Arabic: عبد اللطيف رشيد; born 10 August 1944),^[1] also known as Latif Rashid (Kurdish: لەتيف ڕەشید, romanized: Letîf Reşîd), is an Iraqi Kurd politician and the ninth president of Iraq, following the 2022 Iraqi presidential election.^[2] He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki. Prior to that, he served in the same position under both the Iraqi Transitional Government and the Iraqi Interim Government. Rashid was formerly a spokesperson for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the United Kingdom.

As Minister for Water Resources from September 2003 until December 2010, Rashid was responsible for a range of issues, including irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, hydropower, flood control, and environmental requirements including marsh restoration.