Safeen Dizayee

Safeen Muhsin Dizayee (Sorani Kurdish: سەفین دزەیی; born 25 December 1963) is a politician Kurd and serving as a Minister and Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government since July 2019.[1][2][3][4][5] Dizayee is also a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Safeen Dizayee
سەفین دزەیی
Minister of Foreign Relations of Kurdistan Region
Assumed office
July 2019
Personal details
Born (1963-12-25) 25 December 1963
NationalityIraqi Kurdish
Political partyKurdistan Democratic Party
UNGA74 with Donald Trump 25 September 2019
Nechirvan Barzani, Safeen Dizayee with Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Foreign Minister of the Reoublic of Turkey 23 Nov 2016
Safeen Dizayee received Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer German Defense Minister to Erbil 20 August 2019
Safeen Dizayee and Joe Biden President of USA
Safeen Dizayee accompanied President Masoud Barzani to UK 2005
Safeen Dizayee and UK officials 20 May 2014
Minister of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Safeen Dizayee 1979
Safeen Dizayee 1974
Safeen Dizayee 1994-5
Safeen Dizayee and Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, King of Jordan 1 March 2020
Safeen Dizayee with Emmanuel Macron President of France July 10, 2019

Early life and education

Dizayee born on 25th December 1963 in Erbil to a prominent family active in the Kurdistan Liberation Movement. In 1974, his family had to leave Iraq like many other revolutionary families due to the Kurdish uprising and political reasons, and lived in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1992. He graduated in interior design from Maidenhead College of Arts and Design, Berkshire, United Kingdom.


He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, English, Turkish, Persian languages.

Political career
Davos 22 January 2020

From his previous posts, Dizayee was the Chief of staff to the Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, as well as Spokesperson and Head of Department of Media and Information (DMI) of the Kurdistan Regional Government at the 7th and 8th cabinets.[6] [7] Prior to that, he served as Minister of Education of the Kurdistan Regional Government 6th cabinet from 2009 to 2012.[8] [9] Dizayee headed the Kurdistan Democratic Party International Relations Office from 2004 to 2009.[10] In 1992, Dizayee officially appointed as Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)'s representative in Turkey.

References
  1. Zaman, Amberin (July 22, 2019). "Former government spokesman tapped as KRG foreign relations head". Al-Monitor.
  2. "Safeen Dizayee new head of Kurdistan Region foreign relations". Rudaw. 22 July 2019.
  3. "New head of Iraqi Kurdistan's foreign relations Safeen Dizayee takes office". Ekurd Daily News Kurdistan - Independent daily English News from Kurdistan. July 21, 2019.
  4. "Minister Safeen Dizayee receives Head of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Iraq". Kurdistan Regional Government official website. 17 Oct 2020.
  5. "Sefin Dizayi, Erbil Başkonsolosu Karaçay ile görüştü". Rudaw. 23 July 2019.
  6. "KRG is restoring diplomatic relations, spokesperson says of Moscow trip". Rudaw. 10 May 2018.
  7. "Mr. spokesman of KRG Visited Tishk International University". Tishk International University (TIU). October 31, 2018.
  8. "HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM: DAY 2". C-SPAN. 17 November 2012.
  9. "Iraqi curriculum framework". UNESDOC - UNESCO Digital Library - UNESCO.org. 2012.
  10. "Dizayi Türkiye'den süre istedi". İhlas News Agency. November 16, 2007.
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