Rakan Al-Jabouri

Rakan Saeed Al-Jabouri ( / ) (born July 1, 1964) is the president of The Arab Alliance in Kirkuk. Jabouri also served as the acting Governor of Kirkuk Province from 16th October 2017 Until 14th August 2024.

Early life Jabouri was born in Kirkuk on 1 July 1964.

Corruption charges On 21 April 2025 after a detention issued by Karkh Investigative Court, Jabouri was detained in Baghdad for charges related to misuse of public funds. but a day later on 22 he was released by bail. On 15 July 2025 Baghdad’s Karkh Criminal Court sentenced Jabouri to one year in prison but his sentence was later suspended. On 24 August 2025 he was banned from running in elections by the Independent High Electoral Commission. This decision was upheld by the Election Judiciary Commission 9 on October 2025.