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Jalal Talabani

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The Resume

    (1933- )
    Joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party (1947)
    Elected Secretary General of the Kurdistan Students Union (1954)
    Founder and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (1975- )
    President of Iraq (April 6, 2005- )

Why he might be annoying:

    His last name is real close to 'Taliban.'
    He opposes the death penalty for Saddam Hussein.
    He led an unsuccessful revolt against Saddam, which ended up in the deaths of thousands of Kurds (1991).
    He quarreled with factions of the Kurdistan Democratic Party during the early '90s.
    Despite being one of the foremost Kurdish politicians, he does not support the creation of an independent Kurdish state.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is Iraq's first democratically elected president in over 50 years.
    He supports the creation of a Palestinian state.
    He was one of the key leaders in the Iraqi opposition against Saddam Hussein.
    He was forced to flee Iraq when Saddam used chemical weapons against the Kurds (1988).
    He urges Iraqi unity, saying that 'all Arabs, Kurds, and other nationalities have the same rights.'

Credit: Ratman


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 20 Votes: 15.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 41 Votes: 56.10% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 47 Votes: 57.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 57 Votes: 50.88% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 71.88% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 73.53% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 79 Votes: 73.42% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 132 Votes: 73.48% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 698 Votes: 45.27% Annoying