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4-622: The Kurdish Academy is an institution mandated by the Kurdistan Regional Government , dealing with all issues related to Kurdish language within Iraq. This Kurdistan -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kurdistan Regional Government Medieval Modern The Kurdistan Regional Government ( KRG ) ( Kurdish : حکوومەتی هەرێمی کوردستان , Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan ; Arabic : حكومة إقليم كردستان , Ḥukūmat ʾIqlīm Kurdistān )
8-514: A city of 2 million people they appear[ed] to have no intention of fighting for." In August 2014, ISIL attacked the Kurds . On 1 July 2014, Masoud Barzani announced that "Iraq's Kurds will hold an independence referendum within months." In September, the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum was held regarding Kurdish independence from Iraq. 92% of Iraqi Kurds participating in the referendum voted in favor of independence. The referendum
12-463: Is the official executive body of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq . The cabinet is selected by the majority party or list who also select the prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdish polity . The president is directly elected by the electorate of the region and is the head of the cabinet and chief of state who delegates executive powers to the cabinet. The prime minister
16-561: Is traditionally the head of the legislative body but also shares executive powers with the president. The President of Kurdistan Region is also the commander-in-chief of the Peshmerga . From mid-2013 to mid-2014, the KRG "built up their own defenses by creating a security belt stretching more than 1,000 km (600 miles) from the Iranian border all the way to Syria – skirting around Mosul,
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