1. Hoshyar Mahmud Mohammed Zebari, or simply Hoshyar Zebari is an Iraqi - Kurdish politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the country in 2014 and as Minister of Finance until 2016.
14 Facts About Hoshyar Zebari
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Hoshyar Zebari was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2014.
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Hoshyar Zebari earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Jordan in 1976.
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Hoshyar Zebari obtained a Master of Arts in Sociology of Development from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom in 1980.
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Hoshyar Zebari went on to become a member of the KDP's Central Committee and its Political Bureau.
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On 11 July 2014, Hoshyar Zebari was replaced as foreign minister by Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraq's deputy prime minister, who assumed the position in an acting capacity after Kurdish politicians withdrew from the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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On 18 October 2014, Hoshyar Zebari was given the post of Minister of Finance of Iraq, while Rowsch Shaways was appointed the new Deputy Prime Minister in his place.
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Hoshyar Zebari tried to participate as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2022, but was banned by the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq over allegations of corruption against him dating back to 2016.
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Hoshyar Zebari protested the decision, stating that no court had convicted him.
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Hoshyar Zebari's father was Mahmoud Agha Zebari, the chief of the Zebari clan, who was assassinated by the Iraqi Intelligence Service in 1981.
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Hoshyar Zebari is the uncle of Massoud Barzani, the former President of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Hoshyar Zebari holds dual citizenship, being a national of both Iraq and Britain.
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Hoshyar Zebari's second wife is Hana Abdul-Sattar al-Dulaimi, the daughter of Abdul-Sattar al-Dulaimi, who was an advisor to Saddam Hussein.
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Hoshyar Zebari's first wife was born in the town of Amedi in Iraq's Duhok Governorate.