European Breakfast with Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Department of Foreign Relations

CIDOB, with the support of the Europe for Citizens programme, organises a European Breakfast-Jaime Arias on May 10, with the participation of Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir,Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Department of Foreign Relations,as a special guest.  

Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir was appointed as the first Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Department of Foreign Relations in September 2006, tasked with administering KRG foreign policy and bolstering the Region’s relations with the international community for the government’s fifth cabinet. He was reappointed as the Head of the Department in each successive cabinet, including most recently the eighth cabinet in June 2014. He represents Kurdistan at regional and international events and conferences, and actively promotes political and economic ties with diplomats and businesspeople around the world.  

The Minister previously served as the KRG’s liaison officer to the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003 and to the Multi-National Forces’ Korean Contingent stationed in Erbil in 2004. He was a Senior Adviser to the KRG Prime Minister from 2002 until 2004, when he was appointed Minister of State. Earlier in his career, Minister Bakir was the KRG Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Irrigation, from 1999 to 2002. Prior to that, he served as the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Deputy Head of Public Relations Office from 1996 to 1999.

Attendance by invitation 

Confirmation is required: activitats@cidob.org 

>> Registration will close 48h before the event.