ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə kˌɜːdɪstˈɑːn dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk pˈɑːɹɾi, hiː wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd tə ðə pˈoʊst baɪ ðɪ ɐsˈɛmbli ˌɔn twˈɛnti tˈuː ˈeɪpɹəl tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɪks ænd ˈæftɚ nˈuː lˈɛdʒɪslətˌɪv ᵻlˈɛkʃənz ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn hiː wʌz ɹˌiːᵻlˈɛktᵻd tə ðə pˈoʊst ɪn noʊvˈɛmbɚ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn.
A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was elected to the post by the Assembly on 22 April 2006 and after new legislative elections in 2010 he was re-elected to the post in November 2010.