Question: is the president of iraq a kurd?
Answer: Barham Salih. Barham Salih (Kurdish: بەرھەم ساڵح‎, romanized: Berhem Salih; Arabic: برهم صالح‎; born 12 July 1960) is an Iraqi-Kurdish politician who is the eighth and current President of Iraq. ... He was elected and assumed office as the President of Iraq on 2 October 2018.