Fuad Masum

Fuad Masum
معصوم هورامي
Masum in 2018
7th President of Iraq
In office 24 July 2014 – 2 October 2018
Prime Minister	Nouri al-Maliki Haider al-Abadi
Vice President	Khodair al-Khozaei Nouri al-Maliki Osama al-Nujaifi Ayad Alawi
Preceded by	Jalal Talabani
Succeeded by	Barham Salih
Speaker of the Council of Representatives Acting
In office 14 June 2010 – 11 November 2010
President	Jalal Talabani
Preceded by	Ayad al-Samarrai
Succeeded by	Osama al-Nujaifi
1st Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
In office 4 July 1992 – 26 April 1994
President	Saddam Hussein
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kosrat Rasul Ali
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Fuad Masum محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم (1938-01-01) 1 January 1938 (age 86) Koya, Kingdom of Iraq
Citizenship	Iraq
Nationality	Kurdish
Political party	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1974–present)
Other political affiliations	Iraqi Communist Party (1962–1964) Kurdistan Democratic Party (1964–1974)
Spouse	Rounak Abdulwahid Mustafa ​ ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	6; including Juwan
Alma mater	University of Baghdad Al-Azhar University
Religion	Sunni Islam
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Muhammad Fuad Masum (Arabic: محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي, romanized: Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; Kurdish: محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم, born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as president following the 2014 parliamentary election.^[1] Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani.