Iraq: Heads of State: 2004-2023 Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية) = Serok Komar (سەرۆک کۆمار) | President of the Republic [1] 28 Jun 2004 - 7 Apr 2005 Shaykh Ghāzī Aḥmad Mashʿal ʿAjīl al-Yāwar ( ) (x) [2] = 7 Apr 2005 - 24 Jul 2014 Jalāl Ḥusām al-Dīn Ṭālabānī (جلال حسام الدين طالباني) = Jelal Husamedín Tallebaní (جەلال حوسامەدین تاڵەبانی) 24 Jul 2014 - 2 Oct 2018 Muḥammad Fuʾād Maʿṣūm Ḥawrāmī (محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي) = Mihemmed Fuad Me'súm Hewramí (محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم ھەورامی) 2 Oct 2018 - Barham Aḥmad Ṣāliḥ Qāsim (برهم احمد صالح قاسم) = Berhem Ehmed Salih (بەرھەم ئەحمەد ساڵح) [1] Art. 36 of the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period (effective 28 Jun 2004 - 22 May 2006) provided for election of a Raʾīs al-Dawla but the style in official use was Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya = Serok Komar. [2] Designated by a resolution of Majlis al-Ḥukūma of 1 Jun 2004 and recognised by a regulation of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA/REG/9 June 2004/10) dated 9 Jun 2004, with retroactive effect to 1 Jun 2004; took office upon the dissolution of the Coalition Provisional Authority 28 Jun 2004. Last updated on: 19 Jan 2022 20:12:40