Qubad Talabani

Qubad Talabani (center) next to Nêçîrvan Barzanî (left)

Qubad Talabani (born July 21, 1977 in Damascus ) is the representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the United States and the second son of the former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani . He is currently Deputy Prime Minister in the Barzani II cabinet .

biography

Qubad grew up in Surrey / England next to his maternal grandparents Ibrahim Ahmed , who is the writer, poet and founder of the modern intellectual Kurdish movement, Galawejh Ahmed, who is also a writer, and his older brother Bafel. After graduating from high school, Qubad showed an interest in mechanical engineering and received his degree in mechanical engineering from Carshalton College and later his bachelor's degree from the University of Surrey .

During the 1990s, Qubad worked as a car mechanic for a trading company specializing in Lancia , Suzuki and Maserati vehicles.

Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government

He moved to Washington, DC and started working there with Barham Salih as a representative of the Kurdistan Patriotic Union (PUK). In 2003, Qubad returned to Iraq for a year and served as a mediator between the PUK and the coalition forces. Qubad also played a key role as negotiator for the PUK in drafting Iraq's interim constitution.

In April 2004 Qubad returned to the USA and has since been the representative of the PUK and the Kurdistan Regional Government. With the unification of the two administrations of the PUK and the KDP in Northern Iraq, the establishment of the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan and the reconstitution of the Kurdish regional parliament, Qubad Talabani was appointed the first official representative of the united Kurdish regional government in the USA.

Personal

Qubad lives in Washington DC with his wife Sherri Kraham. He is known to be a supporter of Manchester United .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IRAQI PRESIDENT'S SON TO SPEAK ON IRAQ'S FUTURE
2. ^ The Scion Kurdistan's man in Washington By Laura Rozen