Hoshyar Zebari

Infobox Minister
name=Hoshyar Zebari

birth_date=1953
birth_place=Aqrah, Iraq
nationality=Iraqi
party=Kurdistan Democratic Party
religion=Islam
office=Foreign Minister
term_start=May 20, 2006
primeminister=Nouri al-Maliki
president=Jalal Talabani
office2=Foreign Minister
term_start2=May 3, 2005
term_end2=May 20, 2006
primeminister2=Ibrahim al Jaafari
president2=Jalal Talabani
office3=Foreign Minister
term_start3=June 28, 2004
term_end3=May 3, 2005
primeminister3=Iyad Allawi
president3=Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
office4=Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start4=July 13, 2003
term_end4=June 1, 2004
governor4=L. Paul Bremer

Hoshyar Zebari (also spelled "Hoshyar Zubari/Zibari", Kurdish: "Hişyar Zêbarî") (born 1953) is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters 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.

On October 28, 2007, he warned of serious consequences should Turkey launch a large-scale attack against Kurdish PKK rebels in Iraqi Kurdistan. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7066441.stm|title=Iraq warns Turkey over incursion|accessdate=2007-10-28|author=BBC News|year=2007-10-28] Turkey chose to proceed with an assault.

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External links

* [http://www.cfr.org/publication/7091/meeting_with_hoshyar_zebari.html Richard Haass meets Hoshyar Zebari] , Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), June 8, 2004.
* [http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-14-voa16.cfm Iraq's Foreign Minister Confirms Support for New US Strategy]

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