Persona

A Statesman’s Journey from Kurdistan to Baghdad’s Highest Office In the volatile arena of Middle Eastern geopolitics, where crises flare with the unpredictability of a desert storm and alliances shift as swiftly as the sands, President Abdul Latif Rashid stands as a beacon of stability for Iraq. Elected in October 2022 as Iraq’s tenth president, this British-educated hydrologist-turned-statesman embodies a rare archetype in Iraqi leadership: a technocrat with a pragmatic vision, equally adept at negotiating water-sharing agreements with upstream neighbors like Turkey as he is at mediating between Iraq’s deeply divided Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish factions in Baghdad’s fractured parliament. This comprehensive profile explores Rashid’s transformative leadership, delving into: ✅ The making of a leader – From Sulaymaniyah’s rugged hills to Manchester’s academic halls ✅ Decades of political evolution – From Kurdish activist to a unifying federal president ✅ Presidential breakthroughs – Cli...