Omer Fattah Hussain

Omer Fattah Hussain
4th Prime Minister of PUK-controlled Kurdistan (acting)
In office 4 July 2004 – 14 June 2005
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Succeeded by	Position Abolished
1st Deputy Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan
In office 1 March 2006 – 24 February 2009
President	Massoud Barzani
Prime Minister	Nechervan Barzani
Preceded by	Post Created
Succeeded by	Imad Ahmad Sayfour
Personal details
Born	As-Sulaymaniyah
Nationality	Kurdish
Political party	Kurdistan Democratic Party
Residence	Arbil
Religion	Sunni Islam

Omer Fattah Hussain (Born: As-Sulaymaniyah) is the former deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government^[1] (KRG) in Iraq. Due to political problems in the PUK. He handed his resignation in on the 24th February 2009.^[2] He also served as acting Prime Minister of Jalal Talebani's Suleimaniyeh based Kurdish administration from July 2004 (when Barham Salih resigned to become Deputy Prime Minister for the Iraqi Interim Government until June 2005 with the re-unification of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous Republic.^[3]

See also

• List of Kurdish people
• Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

References

1. ^ "Ministers of the new unified cabinet". Kurdistan Regional Government. 2009-03-31. http://krg.org/articles/detail.asp?rnr=159&lngnr=12&smap=04060000&anr=10938. Retrieved 05-07-2007. 
2. ^ "KRG Deputy Premier presents his resignation to Kurdistan Region President". Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. 2009-03-30. http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:YJTI81k3J18J:pukmedia.com/english/index2.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26do_pdf%3D1%26id%3D9509+After+he+accomplished+his+duties+fully+as+the+KRG+Deputy+Premier,+Omar+Fattah,+on+Monday+Feb.+the+23rd,+2009+in+a+letter+to+the+Kurdistan+Region+President,+Massud+Barzani+presented+his+resignation&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=firefox-a. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 
3. ^ http://rulers.org/ruli.html#iraq

Political offices
Preceded by Barham Salih	Prime Minister of PUK-controlled Kurdistan (acting) 2004–2005	Succeeded by Position Abolished
Preceded by Post Created	Deputy Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan 2005–2009	Succeeded by Imad Ahmad Sayfour

Persondata
Name	Hussein, Omer Fattah
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Place of birth	As-Sulaymaniyah
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