Former Iraqi President and Kurdish leader Talabani''s dies: State TV

Updated At : 12:37 AM Oct 04, 2017 IST

Former Iraq President Jalal Talabani. Reuters file

Erbil, Iraq, October 3

Iraqi Kurdish leader and former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani died on Tuesday, Iraqi state TV said.

Talabani, a veteran leader of the Kurdish struggle for self-determination, stepped down as president in 2014, after a long period of treatment following a stroke in 2012.

Talabani was born near Erbil, now the seat of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, in 1933. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq, elected in 2005, two years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. — Reuters

Live Matches

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by :

Former Iraqi President and Kurdish leader Talabani''s dies: State TV

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Read what others don’t see with The Tribune Premium

Live Matches