• Dilshad Shahab Haji
• Born 1972 in Argosh village, Mergasur district, Erbil province
• Bachelor of Engineering from Salahaddin University, Erbil
• 1992: Member of the Secretariat of the Kurdistan Students Union
• 1997: He and a number of colleagues founded the Shanadar NGO to support the reconstruction of Kurdistan
• 2009: Member of the Third Session of the Kurdistan Parliament
• 2012: Minister of Municipalities and Tourism in the Kurdistan Regional Government
• 2016: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region
• 2019: Senior Advisor to the President of the Kurdistan Region
• Assistant to the President of the Kurdistan Region for Internal Affairs
• Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party
• Father to three daughters and three sons