Abdul Latif Rashid

Abdul Latif Rashid
Abdul Latif Rashid
لەتيف ڕەشید
	Rashid in 2023
9th President of Iraq
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 October 2022
Prime Minister	Mustafa Al-Kadhimi; Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Minister of Water Resources
	In office; September 2003 – December 2010
Prime Minister	Ayad Allawi; Ibrahim al-Jaafari; Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by	Coalition Provisional Authority
Succeeded by	Mohanad Salman al-Sady
Personal details
Born	10 August 1944; Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Citizenship	Iraq; United Kingdom;
Nationality	Iraq; United Kingdom;
Political party	PUK
Spouse	Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed
Relations	Jalal Talabani (brother-in-law); Ibrahim Ahmed (father-in-law); Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (sister-in-law)
Children	3
Residence(s)	Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad, Iraq
Alma mater	University of Manchester; University of Liverpool;

Abdul Latif Rashid (Arabic: عبد اللطيف رشيد; born 10 August 1944), also known as Latif Rashid (Kurdish: لەتيف ڕەشید, romanized: Letîf Reşîd), is an Iraqi Kurds politician and the ninth president of Iraq, following the 2022 Iraqi presidential election. He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki. Prior to that, he served in the same position under both the Iraqi Transitional Government and the Iraqi Interim Government. Rashid was formerly a spokesperson for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the United Kingdom.

As Minister for Water Resources from September 2003 until December 2010, Rashid was responsible for a range of issues, including irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, hydropower, flood control, and environmental requirements including marsh restoration.

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