| Howar Ziad | |
| Office: | Ambassador |
| Ambassador From: | Iraq |
| Country: | Canada |
| Term Start: | 2004 |
| Term End: | 2010 |
| Successor: | Abdulrahman Hamid Mohammed Al-Hussaini |
Howar Ziad was the ambassador of Iraq to Canada. He is also a senior advisor to Jalal Talabani, the current president of Iraq. Prior to his diplomatic career, Ziad and his family had a long history of participation in the Kurdish freedom movement. His father, Kaka Ziad was Vice President of the KDP in the 1950s and was also a famous Kurdish leader of his time.
As a young man, Howar Ziad was active in the Kurdish student movement while studying in Europe. He went on to represent Kurdish interests abroad for many years, including a five-year stint as representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government at the United Nations (1999–2004).
Ambassador Ziad studied at Baghdad College and has a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.