{"id":"abdul-latif-rashid","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-latif-rashid","language":"en","name":"Abdul Latif Rashid","name_en":"Abdul Latif Rashid","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Iraq since 2022","headline":"President of Iraq since 2022","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid (Arabic: عبد اللطيف جمال رشيد, romanized: ʻAbd al-Laṭīf Rashīd; born 10 August 1944), also known as Letif Reshid (Kurdish: لەتيف ڕەشید, romanized: Letîf Reşîd), is an Iraqi politician who served as the president of Iraq from 2022 to 2026. He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki. Before that, he served in the same position under both the Iraqi Transitional Government and the Iraqi Interim Government. Rashid was formerly a spokesperson for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the United Kingdom. Rashid is the fourth non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Barham Salih.","summary_more":["As Minister for Water Resources from September 2003 until December 2010, Rashid was responsible for a range of issues, including irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, hydropower, flood control, and environmental requirements, including marsh restoration."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 August 1944","date":"1944-08-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Sulaymaniyah","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191204"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Iraq","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"civil engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13582652"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Patriotic Union of Kurdistan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677505"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Liverpool","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499510"},{"text":"University of Manchester","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230899"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114648584"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Iraq (13 October 2022 – 11 April 2026 · BS 27 Asoj 2079 – 28 Chaitra 2082)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889817","start":"2022-10-13","end":"2026-04-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14539990","date":"2023-06-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Latif_Rashid","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Abdul Latif Rashid born?","a":"Abdul Latif Rashid was born on 10 August 1944 in Sulaymaniyah."},{"q":"What positions has Abdul Latif Rashid held?","a":"Positions held by Abdul Latif Rashid include: President of Iraq (2022–2026)."},{"q":"Where did Abdul Latif Rashid study?","a":"Abdul Latif Rashid was educated at University of Liverpool, University of Manchester."}],"related":[{"name":"Saddam Hussein","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saddam-hussein"},{"name":"Jalal Talabani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jalal-talabani"},{"name":"Barham Salih","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barham-salih"},{"name":"Fuad Masum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fuad-masum"},{"name":"Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-hassan-al-bakr"},{"name":"Abdul Salam Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-salam-arif"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/abdul-latif-rashid-91f8a95687.jpg","width":500,"height":640,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"M.Hasan Zarifmanesh","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdul_Latif_Rashid_2023_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Abdul Latif Rashid","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Latif_Rashid","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6496078","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496078","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Abdul Latif Rashid 2023 (cropped).jpg by M.Hasan Zarifmanesh (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdul_Latif_Rashid_2023_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Abdul Latif Rashid, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Abdul Latif Rashid 2023 (cropped).jpg — M.Hasan Zarifmanesh, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Abdul Latif Rashid\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-latif-rashid. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T08:59:15Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-latif-rashid","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-latif-rashid","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-latif-rashid?lang=ne"}}