Kurdistan Regional Government

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) (Kurdish: حکوومەتی هەرێمی کوردستان‎, Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan; Arabic: حكومة اقليم كردستان‎, Ḥukūmat ʾIqlīm Kurdistān) is the official ruling body of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.

Kurdistan Regional Government
حکومه‌تی هه‌رێمی کوردستان
Hikumetî Herêmî Kurdistan
حكومة اقليم كردستان
Ḥukūmat ʾIqlīm Kurdistān
Emblem of the KRG
Overview
Established1992
StateKurdistan Region
LeaderPresident Nechirvan Barzani[1]
Main organCabinet
Ministries19
Responsible toKurdistan Parliament
HeadquartersErbil, Kurdistan Region
Websitehttps://gov.krd/english/news-and-announcements/
 
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The cabinet is selected by the majority party or list who also select the prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The president is directly elected by the electorate of the region and is the head of the cabinet and chief of state who delegates executive powers to the cabinet. The prime minister is traditionally the head of the legislative body but also shares executive powers with the president.[2] The President of Kurdistan Region is also the commander-in-chief of the Peshmerga Armed Forces.[3]

See also

References
  1. "About - President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq". President.gov.krd. 1966-09-21. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. "Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)". www.krg.org.
  3. "Constitution of the Kurdistan Region". Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  4. "Kurds realize dream as Baghdad loses grip on north Iraq". Reuters. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  5. Agence France Presse (1 July 2014). "Kurdish Leader: We Will Vote For Independence Soon". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  6. "92% of Iraqi Kurds back independence from Baghdad, election commission says". France 24. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  7. Chulov, Martin (2017-09-27). "More than 92% of voters in Iraqi Kurdistan back independence". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  8. "Iraq court rules no region can secede after Kurdish independence bid". Reuters. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  9. "Iraq's Kurdistan says to respect court decision banning secession". Reuters. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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