Hoshyar Zebari
| Hoshyar Zebari | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
| Preceded by | Hussain al-Shahristani |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2014 |
|
| Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
| Preceded by | Rowsch Shaways |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 13 July 2003 – 11 July 2014 |
|
| Prime Minister | Ayad Allawi Ibrahim al Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Naji Sabri |
| Succeeded by | Hussain al-Shahristani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 Aqrah, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi British |
| Political party | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Essex |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Hoshyar Zebari (also spelled Hoshyar Zubari/Zibari, Kurdish: Hişyar Zêbarî; born 1953) is the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Iraq. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 until 2014. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan. He was the foreign spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the 1990s and represented the party to both the United Kingdom and the United States.
He was appointed Foreign Minister of Iraq in 2003 by the Iraqi Governing Council and held the post for the Iraqi Interim Government, Iraqi Transitional Government and the first permanent government.
In July 2012, Zebari said that al-Qaeda in Iraq members went to Syria, where the militants previously received support and weapons.[1]
On 11 July 2014, Zebari was replaced as foreign minister by Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraq's deputy prime minister, who assumed the position in an acting capacity, after Kurdish politicians withdrew from the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.[2]
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External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Works by or about Hoshyar Zebari in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Hoshyar Zebari collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Richard Haass meets Hoshyar Zebari, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), June 8, 2004
- Iraq's Foreign Minister Confirms Support for New US Strategy, VOA, January 14, 2007
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| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 2003–2014 |
Succeeded by Hussain al-Shahristani |
| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 2014–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 2014–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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