Dr Khaled Salih, Adviser to the Prime Minister

Dr Khaled Salih was appointed the official Spokesman of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in May 2006. He plays a key role in communicating the government's policies to the people of the Kurdistan Region, the national and foreign media and international audiences. Trained as a political scientist, Dr Salih has served as a constitutional adviser to the Kurdistan National Assembly and to the KRG, particularly during the drafting of the Iraqi constitution that was democratically approved in 2005. He also advises the KRG Ministry for Natural Resources on constitutional matters. Before joining the KRG Dr Salih was a senior lecturer in politics specialising in the Middle East at the University of Southern Denmark. He was also a consultant to the Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council and is co-editor of the book 'The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq'. Born in Suleimaniah in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, he found political asylum from Saddam Hussein's regime in 1981.\