1992–2005 After the
1992 parliamentary election resulted in the two main parties, the
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), each holding 50 out of 100 seats, they decided to create a unity government (which was not recognized by the
Ba'athist Iraq, led by
Saddam Hussein). The unity government soon collapsed and in 1994 a
civil war broke out, which lasted until 1998. This resulted in the establishment of two Kurdistan Regional Governments in 1996, a KDP-controlled one in
Erbil and a PUK-controlled one in
Sulaymaniyah, each with their own prime minister.
KDP-controlled part Prime Ministers of the KDP-controlled Kurdistan Regional Government: Prime Ministers of the Kurdistan Regional Government: == Timeline ==