Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on 12th June 2019 formally tasked Prime Minister Masrour Barzani with forming the Kurdistan Regional Government cabinet. The Speaker of Parliament Dr. Vala Fareed and the President of the Judicial Council Mr. Bangeen Qasm attended the ceremony. In accordance with the law, the Prime Minister has 30 days to form his ministerial cabinet.
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Summary of committees’ recent meetings – 15th June 2019
Last week Kurdistan Parliament's committees met the family of a patient who died in the operating theatre, discussed bills on patients' rights and consumer rights, met the Federation of Civil Society Organisations to hear their complaints about taxation, and visited the Erbil Court of Investigation.
MPs select Masrour Barzani as new Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government
11th June 2019 – Today Kurdistan Parliament’s MPs nominated and selected Mr. Masrour Masoud Mustafa Barzani to be the next Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Eighty-seven MP, out of the 97 who were present, voted to select Mr. Barzani as the new Prime Minister to form a cabinet and lead the country’s executive authority.
Parliament's Presidency announces business for today's sitting: Nomination of Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament announces the order of business for the fifth term’s seventh normal sitting today, 11th June 2019 at 11am:
The nomination of the next Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government – Iraq, as per amended Law No. 1 of 1992, Article 56, paragraph 3 (the Kurdistan Parliament Elections Law).
President Nechirvan Barzani takes oath of office at Kurdistan Parliament's Presidential inauguration ceremony
6th June 2019 – The Kurdistan Parliament today held the inauguration of the new President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Idris Mustafa Barzani. Parliament Speaker Dr. Vala Fareed presided at the historic ceremony where President Barzani took his oath of office before MPs and hundreds of dignitaries and guests.
Deputy Speaker Hawrami visits Peshmerga on Makhmour and Mount Qarachugh frontlines
Kurdistan Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami yesterday on the second day of Eid Al-Fitr visited Peshmerga forces on the Makhmour frontline and the Mount Qarachugh defences, to wish them a happy Eid after the Ramadan month of fasting, and to hear about their current conditions.
Presidency of Kurdistan Parliament wishes Muslims Happy Eid & issues statement on 27th anniversary of first Parliament sitting
On the occasion of the Eid of Ramadan, which this year coincides with the 27th anniversary of the Kurdistan Parliament’s first sitting on 4th June 1992, the Presidency of Parliament send our best wishes to Muslims in Kurdistan, Iraq and around the world. We hope that this Eid brings joy to all.
Parliament’s Agriculture & Irrigation Committee’s statement: On 22nd May we asked Iraqi Parliament to stop arson against Kurdish farmers
We deeply regret that these Kurdistani areas are not under our authority, areas where farmers and labourers have seen almost an entire year of their hard work completely destroyed. We condemn these acts wherever they have been perpetrated in the Kurdistani areas outside the KRG administrative area.
Statement by Presidency of Kurdistan Parliament on Kirkuk explosions
31st May 2019 - The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament condemns the explosions in Kirkuk carried out on the night of 30th May, calls for all the ethnicities of Kirkuk to be included in the security of the city, and calls for coordination between the Peshmerga and the Iraqi Army. The Presidency issued the following statement:
Summary of committees’ recent meetings – 30th May 2019
30th May 2019 - Kurdistan Parliament's committees in recent meetings discussed a bill on the Kurdish Diaspora; with UNAMI discussed increasing women's participation in decision-making and government; the children of Yazidi women born through abduction by ISIS terrorists; and helping farmers to sell their wheat harvests.