Roj Shaweis

Roj Shaweis
ڕۆژ شاوەیس
Shaweis in 2011
1st Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region
In office 26 September 1996 – 20 December 1999
President	Massoud Barzani
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Nechervan Idris Barzani
Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly
In office October 1999 – January 2003
Preceded by	Jawhar Namiq
Succeeded by	Kamal Fuad
Interim Vice President of Iraq
In office 1 June 2004 – 7 April 2005 Serving with Ibrahim al-Jaafari
President	Ghazi al-Yawer (interim)
Preceded by	Taha Yassin Ramadan
Succeeded by	Ghazi al-Yawer and Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Vice Presidents)
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 7 April 2005 – 20 May 2006
Prime Minister	Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Succeeded by	Barham Salih
In office 20 August 2009 – 8 September 2014 Serving with Rafi al-Issawi,[1] Saleh al-Mutlaq[2] and Hussain al-Shahristani[3]
Prime Minister	Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by	Barham Salih
Succeeded by	Hoshyar Zebari
In office 18 October 2014 – 10 August 2015 Serving with Saleh al-Mutlaq and Baha Araji[4]
Prime Minister	Haider al-Abadi
Preceded by	Hoshyar Zebari
Personal details
Born	1947 (1947) Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	15 February 2021(2021-02-15) (aged 73–74) Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Political party	Kurdistan Democratic Party
Spouse	Elke Shaweis
Children	3
Residence	Erbil

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.

Family and education

His father, Nouri Sadiq Shaweis, 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. Shaweis 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.^{[self-published source]}
5. KDP’ Rowsch Shaways dies today

External links

• CBS News profile
• CFR profile

Political offices
Preceded by Post Created	Prime Minister of KDP-controlled Kurdistan 1996–1999	Succeeded by Nechervan Barzani
Preceded by Taha Yassin Ramadan	Interim Vice President of Iraq Served alongside Ibrahim al-Jaafari 2004–2005	Succeeded by Adil Abdul Mahdi and Ghazi al-Yawar as Vice Presidents
Preceded by Barham Salih (interim Deputy Prime Minister)	Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 2005–2006	Succeeded by Barham Salih