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Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Government
to Receive Honorary Degree at W&J Commencement
Ceremony
2.5.2008
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May 2, 2008
Washington & Jefferson College.
WASHINGTON, -- Nechirvan Barzani, Prime
Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government since
March 2006, will receive an honorary Doctor of
Public Service degree from Washington & Jefferson
College at its annual Commencement ceremony on May
17, 2008.
Grandson of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) founder
Mustafa Barzani, Nechirvan Barzani was born in 1966
in the Barzan region of Southern Iraqi Kurdistan. In
1974, his family was forced into exile in Iran.
Barzani often accompanied his late father, Idris
Barzani,www.ekurd.net
on official visits to
Middle Eastern and European countries, a
foreshadowing of his future political career. In
1984, he enrolled at the University of Tehran to
study political science, but withdrew three years
later following the sudden death of his father,
taking an active role in Kurdish politics. |
Nechirvan Barzani, Prime
Minister of
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) |
"Prime Minister Barzani projects a progressive
vision for the Kurdistan Region and the rest of
Iraq, with an emphasis on education, the rights of
women and minorities, and economic development,"
said Jess Baily, state department representative in
Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan's capital.
W&J President Tori Haring-Smith said, "Prime
Minister Barzani has been a strong and outspoken
ally of the United States throughout his time in
public service, and Washington & Jefferson College
is taking the initiative to recognize his
contributions in the region and his efforts to make
a difference through democracy there," W&J President
Tori Haring-Smith said.
Barzani was elected to the KDP central committee at
its 10th Congress in 1989 and re-elected at the 11th
Congress in 1993, when he assumed a position in the
political bureau. After the 1991 Gulf War,www.ekurd.net
he participated in the
negotiations with the Iraqi government. In 1996, he
was appointed deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan
Regional Government in Erbil, and three years later,
he became prime minister. He has played an important
role in developing the Kurdish region. His cabinet
has been nicknamed the "development cabinet" by the
Kurdish people as the result of his contributions to
the development of Iraqi Kurdistan.
The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. on the lawn in front
of the Olin Fine Arts Center.
About Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Jefferson College, located in
Washington, Pa., is a national liberal arts college
founded in 1781. Committed to providing each of its
students with the highest-quality undergraduate
education available, W&J offers a traditional
liberal arts curriculum emphasizing
interdisciplinary study and independent student
work.
For more information about W&J, visit
www.washjeff.edu or call 888-926-3529.
Copyright, respective author or news agency,
washjeff edu.
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