Howar Ziad was the ambassador of Iraq to Canada. He is also a senior advisor to Jalal Talabani, the current

president of Iraq The president of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Con ...

. Prior to his

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ic career, Ziad and his family had a long history of participation in the

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ish freedom movement. His father, Kaka Ziad was Vice President of the KDP in the 1950s and was also a famous Kurdish leader of his time. As a young man, Howar Ziad was active in the Kurdish student movement while studying in Europe. He went on to represent Kurdish interests abroad for many years, including a five-year stint as representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government at the United Nations (1999–2004). Ambassador Ziad studied at Baghdad College and has a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

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* http://www.cfr.org/publication.html?id=7674 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziad, Howar Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Ambassadors of Iraq to Canada Iraqi Kurdistani politicians Iraqi Kurdish people Iraqi diplomats