Rewaz Fayeq is a

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

politician who was elected as the Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament in July 2019. She is a member of the

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; ku, یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان, translit=Yekîtiya Nîştimanî ya Kurdistanê) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK describe ...

party. Fayaq was born in 1977 in Kalar district of

Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah, also spelled as Slemani ( ku, سلێمانی, Silêmanî, ar, السليمانية, as-Sulaymāniyyah), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar, Go ...

. She has a doctorate in Civil and Investment Law and was a member of the Industry, Energy, and Natural Resources and Legal Affairs Committees of the Parliament. She worked as an investigator in the local court in

Darbandikhan Darbandikhan ( ku, دەربەندیخان, Derbendîxan) is a town in the governorate of Sulaimaniyah in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is situated within the area of autonomy for the Kurdistan region of Iraq, inhabited by the majority of the Kurdish ...

, and was appointed as a professor and head of the Law Department of the Technical Institute of Sulaymaniyah. As a PUK MP in 2014, Fayaq criticised KDP leader Massoud Barzani during a conflict with Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki, saying that "Barzani has no right to decide on the destiny/future of the Kurdistan Region". In 2019, Fayaq called for a meeting with the US Consul General to Iraq over concerns that the 2020 budget process of the Iraqi government would not be fair to the Kurdistan region. "Iraq should not use the 2020 budget as an instrument of pressure on the Kurdistani people”, said Fayaq in a statement. On July 11, 2019, Fayaq was elected Speaker of the Kurdistan Region Parliament, succeeding Vala Fareed. She was congratulated by

Nechirvan Barzani Nechirvan Idris Barzani ( ku, نێچیرڤان بارزانی, translit=Nêçîrvan Barzanî; born 21 September 1966) is a Kurdish politician serving as the second President of Kurdistan Region, Iraq. He was elected into office by the Kurdistan ...

, President of the Kurdistan Region.

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