Iraq Head of state
Nechirvan Barzani
نيجيرفان بارزانيPresident of the Kurdistan Regional Government since June 2019. Senior KDP politician; nephew of Masoud Barzani.
- Country
- Iraq
- Role
- Head of state
Inherited position
Until Nechirvan Barzani is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.
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Source documents
Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →
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Speech English 2025-11-11 Nechirvan Barzani (President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; KDP) — press conference on Iraq's parliamentary-election day, 11 Nov 2025 (Rudaw): Iraq must make a "serious effort" to implement the constitution (the KDP's central demand on Kurdistan's autonomy), and he hopes the vote ushers in "a democratic federal Iraq where all components get their rights."
That constitution has not been implemented. Indeed, the most important thing to be done after these elections is to make a serious effort to implement the Iraqi Constitution, We hope that these elections are a new…
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Speech English Nechirvan Barzani (President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; KDP) — statement, 2025 (per Kurdistan24, "Iraq Still Far from True Federalism"): "Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism." [Second doc — distinct KRG-FEDERALISM / Kurdish-autonomy-rights axis, vs his election-day Iraqi-government-formation doc.]
This model is outlined in the Iraqi constitution, which was approved by 80 percent of the people. But Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism.
How to cite
Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.
In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Nechirvan Barzani [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/nechirvan-barzani
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Nechirvan Barzani." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed August 6, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/nechirvan-barzani.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-nechirvan-barzani,
title = {{Nechirvan Barzani}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Politician profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/nechirvan-barzani},
urldate = {2026-08-06},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-08-06},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.