Roj Shaweis

Roj Nouri Shaweis (Kurdish: ڕۆژ نووری شاوەیس, Arabic: روز نوري شاويس) (15 – 1947 February 2021[5]) was 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 Deputy Prime Minister under Haider Al-Abadi from 8 September 2014 to 9 August 2015. Previously, he served as speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly in the Kurdish autonomous region and was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Roj Shaweis
Rowsch Shaways, 2011
1st Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
In office
26 September 1996 – 20 December 1999
PresidentMassoud Barzani
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNechervan Idris Barzani
Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly
In office
October 1999 – January 2003
Preceded byJawhar Namiq
Succeeded byKamal Fuad
Interim Vice President of Iraq
In office
1 June 2004 – 7 April 2005
Serving with Ibrahim al-Jaafari
PresidentGhazi al-Yawer (interim)
Preceded byTaha Yassin Ramadan
Succeeded byGhazi al-Yawer and
Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Vice Presidents)
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
7 April 2005 – 20 May 2006
Prime MinisterIbrahim al-Jaafari
Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded byBarham Salih
Succeeded byBarham Salih
In office
20 August 2009 – 8 September 2014
Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki
Preceded byBarham Salih
Succeeded byHoshyar Zebari
In office
18 October 2014 – 10 August 2015
Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi
Preceded byHoshyar Zebari
Personal details
Born1947 (1947)
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Kingdom of Iraq
Died15 February 2021(2021-02-15) (aged 73–74)
Erbil , Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Political partyKurdistan Democratic Party
SpouseElke Shaways
Children3
ResidenceErbil

Family and education

His father, Nuri Siddik Shaways, was one of the first Kurdish cabinet ministers in Iraq after the Iraqi–Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970. His mother Nahida Sheikhsalam served as the first woman Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest of eight 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.

References
  1. Central Intelligence Agency. CIA. 2010. p. 310.
  2. "Iraq Cabinet weakens as violence escalates". Hürriyet Daily News. 25 April 2013.
  3. "Kurds Forge a Risky Oil Deal With Turkey". Wall Street Journal. 2 December 2013.
  4. IBP, Inc. (23 June 2015). Iraq Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information. Lulu.com. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-329-24431-3.
  5. KDP’ Rowsch Shaways dies today
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