President of Iraq
Jalal Talabani ( / ; ; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was a Kurdish politician who served as the sixth President of Iraq from 2006 to 2014, as well as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq. He is known as "Mam Jalal" (uncle Jalal in Kurdish) amongst the Kurds.