Ex-Iraqi President And Kurdish Leader Jalal Talabani Dies – Report

Ex-Iraqi president and Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani died on Tuesday in Germany, officials in his party told AFP. Talabani, 83, was Iraq’s president from 2005 … Continue reading Ex-Iraqi President And Kurdish Leader Jalal Talabani Dies – Report

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Updated October 3, 2017

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 23, 2011 shows then Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, speaking during the United Nations General Assembly September 23, 2011 at UN headquarters in New York. Iraq ex-president and Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani is dead, his party said on October 3, 2017. STAN HONDA / AFP

Iraq ex-president and Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani. STAN HONDA / AFP

Ex-Iraqi president and Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani died on Tuesday in Germany, officials in his party told AFP.

Talabani, 83, was Iraq’s president from 2005 to 2014 and a key figure in Iraqi Kurdistan, where voters last week overwhelmingly backed independence in a referendum.

AFP