In 1994 a civil war broke out resulting in the creation of two Kurdistan regional governments, a KDP controlled one in Arbil and a PUK controlled one in as-Sulaymaniyah, they each had their own president:===PUK-controlled part===President of the PUK run Kurdistan Regional Government:===KDP-controlled part===President of the KDP run Kurdistan Regional Government:==2005–Present==After an official reconciliation between the KDP and PUK in October 2002, parliamentary elections were held on January 30, 2005 and on June 14, 2005 the KDP-leader Massoud Barzani was sworn by the parliament in as new president.