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Falah Mustafa Bakir

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Falah Mustafa Bakir (Sorani Kurdish: فەلاح مستەفا; born 1964) is a politician from Iraqi Kurdistan and has served as Head of Department of Foreign Relations[1] for Kurdistan Regional Government since 2006.

Biography

Early life and education

Falah Mustafa Bakir was born in Erbil in 1964.[2][3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Mosul in Mosul, Iraq in 1986.[2][3] He received a master's degree in Development Studies from the University of Bath in Bath, Somerset, England in 1995. He speaks Kurdish, English and Arabic fluently.[2]

Career

He originally served as Public Relations Officer of the Kurdistan Democratic Party from 1996 to 1999, then was KRG Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Irrigation from 1999 to 2002.[2][3][4] Afterwards, he served as a Senior Adviser to KRG Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani from 2002 to 2004.[2][3][4] He was Kurdistan liaison officer for the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003 and was liaison officer for the Multi-National Forces Korean Contingent stationed in Erbil in 2004.[2][3][4] In 2004 still, he was appointed as Minister of State of Kurdistan.[2][3][4]

In 2006, he created the Kurdistan Department of Foreign Relations, and he has served as its Foreign Minister since then.[2][3][4] He is a frequent guest lecturer at Salahaddin University in Erbil.[2][3][4]

Personal life

He is married and lives with his wife and four children in Erbil

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Falah Mustafa Bakir.
  1. ^ "Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations". Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kurdistan Regional Government: Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir - Head of the Department of Foreign Relations
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Department of Foreign Relations: Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations
  4. ^ a b c d e f VIP Lunch in honour of Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, Middle East Association, October 16, 2013


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