Preceded by Post Created Residence Erbil, Iraq Role Politician | Name Rowsch Shaways Preceded by Taha Yassin Ramadan | |
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Succeeded by Nechervan Idris Barzani President Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Succeeded by Ghazi al-Yawer and
Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Vice Presidents) Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Nouri al-Maliki Party Kurdistan Democratic Party Parents Nahida Shaksalam, Nuri Siddik Shaways Similar People Jalal Talabani, Masoud Barzani, Mustafa Barzani, Ibrahim al‑Jaafari, Kosrat Rasul Ali | ||
Iraqi Vice President visits SKorean troops
Rowsch Nuri Shaways (Kurdish رۆژ نووری شاوەیس; Arabic روز نورى شاويس) is a Kurdish politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the KDP-controlled part of Kurdistan. After the invasion of Iraq that overthrew the Saddam Hussein regime, he served as one of Iraq's two vice presidents in the interim government established in 2004. Subsequently, he was a Deputy Prime Minister in the government headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari and later held the same post under Nouri al-Maliki. He also served as Depty Prime Minister under Haider Al-Abadi from 8 September 2014 to 9 August 2015. Previously, he served as Parliament speaker in the Kurdish autonomous region and is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He is the oldest brother of 8 after Teshk, Pishko, Rizgar, Rast, Rahel, Brusk and Ranj Shaways.
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Family and education
His Father was Nuri Siddik Shaways, who was one of the first Kurdish cabinet ministers in Iraq after the 1970 Autonomy Accord. His mother Nahida Shaksalam served as the first woman Member of Parliament .He is the oldest of 8 brothers
Dr. Shaways earned a doctorate in engineering in Germany and returned to Iraq in 1975 to join the Kurdish resistance to Saddam Hussein, where he helped lead the Peshmerga forces in many key battles alongside Masoud Barzani and many of his younger brothers.