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Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting on Legislative Proposal on Prevention of Torture and Ill-treatment

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 7 May 2023 chaired a consultative meeting on the Legislative Proposal on the Prevention of Torture and Ill-treatment in Kurdistan Region, with Parliament’s Committee on Social Affairs and Human Rights.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq welcomes Kurdistan Women's Coalition

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 2 May 2023 welcomed the Kurdistan Women's Coalition who submitted a proposal calling for more women candidates, on the next election's party lists.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq and foreign consuls and representatives discuss latest developments on the Parliament elections

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 2 May 2023 welcomed the representatives of the EU and some member states, and of the US, UK and Canada in Erbil.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq welcomes Mr. Mahmoud Chalabi, leader of Turkmen National Will Party

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 26 April 2023 welcomed Mr. Mahmoud Chalabi, leader of the Turkmen National Will Party.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq wishes Muslims a Happy Jezhni Ramadan (Eid Al-Fitr)

On this sacred holiday, I call on all political parties in the Region to overcome their wearisome disputes in a spirit of patriotism and to keep at the forefront of their minds that protecting and strengthening Kurdistan Region’s political status is in the public’s highest interests.

Parliament's Presidency wishes Yazidis Happy Red Wednesday, the Yazidi New Year

On behalf of the Kurdistan Parliament, we extend our best wishes to our Yazidi Kurdish brothers and sisters in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq and around the world for a Happy Yazidi New Year (Red Wednesday).

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting with civil society activists calling for the budget bill

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 17 April 2023 chaired a consultative meeting with NGOs, unions and civil society who are calling for the KRG to present a budget bill.

Parliament's Presidency conveys condolences on passing of former MP Sheikh Ala Ibrahim Sheikh Ala

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Sheikh Ala Ibrahim Sheikh Ala, a Peshmerga veteran, former MP who served in Kurdistan Parliament's second term, and a prominent figure  of Erbil society.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq's statement on the Erbil-Baghdad oil agreement

The people of Kurdistan have been through hard years of exhausting crises because of the disputes over the oil issue, and our nation now expects all of us to establish a new era of certainty and peace, and of fairness towards all sections of society and all towns and cities.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq bids farewell to India's outgoing Consul General Mr. Subhash C. Kain

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 3 April 2023 bid farewell to India’s departing Consul General, Mr. Subhash C. Kain, and thanked him for helping to strengthen bilateral ties during his posting here.