On May 19, 1992, both Presidential elections and 1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election were held.[1] During the first-round presidential elections Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani won slightly more votes than his main rival Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, however neither won a majority of votes, which was required to become president.[2] Due to both leaders fearing they might lose in a run-off, the second round was never held and the Kurdistan Regional Government decided to move on without a president.[3] Instead they established an 8-man Presidency Council consisting of four members of each party.[4]
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Meanwhile, they agreed on a power sharing agreement in the Kurdistan Parliament and Council of Ministers. This power-sharing agreement broke down in 1994 and resulted in a civil war that lasted until 1998, after which Kurdistan Region was divided into a PUK-controlled zone in the southeast and a KDP-controlled zone in the northwest.[2]
References
edit- ^ Are elections in Kurdistan Region democratic? Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, 7.7.2010
- ^ a b The 2009 Kurdish Elections Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, July 23, 2009
- ^ Galbraith, Peter (2006), The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End; Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-9423-8
- ^ Page 3