Title: Fuad Masum
Content:  Muhammad Fuad Masum (محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي; Kurdish: محەممەد فوئاد مەعسووم, born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as president following the 2014 parliamentary election. Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani.
Title: Fuad Masum
Content:  In 2014, he was elected by the parliament representatives as the seventh president of Iraq. Masum won 211 votes while his closest competitor, Barham Salih, a former Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region from October 2009 to April 2012, only received 17. The decision was made during a secret vote of Kurdish MPs, who traditionally have control over the presidency for the sake of political balance. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was present in Iraq when the decision was made, meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about the need for a more inclusive government. Masum accepted the position, noting the "huge security, political and economic tasks" he faces as president. On 26 August, Masum appointed 
Title: Fuad Masum
Content:  Masum was one of the founders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in 1976. By 1992, he was the first Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region. In 2003, following the invasion of Iraq, Masum returned to Baghdad to be a member of the delegation representing Kurdistan, and was a member of the constitution drafting committee. In 2010, Masum became the first Speaker of the Council of Representatives.
Title: Fuad Masum
Content:  Fuad Masum was born in the city of Koya. He was the son of Sheikh Mohammed Mullah Fuad Masum, a former head of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Kurdistan, who belongs to an established political dynasty with Muslim clerical links. His family descends from the village of Khabanen, which is part of Hawraman. He studied at various religious schools in Iraqi Kurdistan until the age of 18. He studied law and Sharia at Baghdad University. In 1958, Masum traveled to Cairo to complete his higher education at Al-Azhar University. He worked as a professor in Basrah University in 1968. He earned his PhD in Islamic philosophy from Al-Azhar in 1975.
Title: Fuad Masum
Content:  In 1968, Masum was the PDK representative in Basra. He was also the representative of the Kurdish Revolution in Cairo until 1975.
Title: Juwan Fuad Masum
Content:  Juwan Fuad Masum (born 1972) is an Iraqi politician who was the Minister of Telecommunications, serving in the Iraqi Transitional Government. Juwan Fouad Masum is the daughter of Fuad Masum, the former Iraqi president. She is a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). She graduated from King's College London with a PhD in communications.
Title: Fuad Masum
Content:  Masum joined the Iraqi Communist Party in 1962, until 1964, where he travelled to Syria to meet the Communist Party secretary there, Khalid Bakdash. After Masum discovered Bakdash's attitudes against the Kurds, he quit the party to join the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK).
Title: Outline of Iraq
Content: Head of state: President of Iraq, Fuad Masum ; Head of government: Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi ; Council of Ministers of Iraq 
Title: 2018 in Iraq
Content: Presidents: Fuad Masum (until 2 October) Barham Salih (since 2 October) ; Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi ; Vice President: Nouri al-Maliki, Usama al-Nujayfi, Ayad Allawi 
Title: Haider al-Abadi
Content:  On 24 July 2014, Fuad Masum became the new president of Iraq. He, in turn, nominated al-Abadi for prime minister on 11 August. For the appointment to take effect, al-Abadi was required to form a government to be confirmed by Parliament within 30 days. Al-Maliki, however, refused to give up his post and referred the matter to the federal court claiming the president's nomination was a "constitutional violation." He said, "The insistence on this until the end is to protect the state." On 14 August 2014, in the face of growing calls from world leaders and members of his own party, the embattled 

Question: Verify the following claims with "True" or "False": When was Fuad Masum a leader of Iraq?
Answer: True