List of Famous people born in Diyala Governorate, Iraq

Leyla Qasim

First Name Leyla

Born on January 1, 1952

Died on May 12, 1974 (aged 22)

Born in Iraq, Diyala Governorate

Leyla Qasim was a Feyli Kurdish activist against the Iraqi Ba'ath regime who was executed in Baghdad. She is known as a national martyr among the Kurds.

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Salim al-Jabouri

First Name Salim

Last Name Al-Jabouri

Born on August 12, 1971 (age 52)

Born in Iraq, Diyala Governorate

Salim Abdullah al-Jabouri (Arabic:السيد سليم عبدالله الجبوري) is an Iraqi politician who was elected as the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament on 15 July 2014 until 1 July 2018.

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Fuad Hussein

First Name Fuad

Last Name Hussein

Born on November 30, 1948 (age 75)

Born in Iraq, Diyala Governorate

Fuad Mohammed Hussein is an Iraqi Kurdish politician from the Kurdistan Democratic Party who is the current Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was previously the Minister of Finance in the Government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

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ʿAbd al-Rahman ʿAli Hajji

First Name ʿAbd

Born on November 30, 1934

Died on January 18, 2021 (aged 86)

Born in Iraq, Diyala Governorate

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