== Opvækst og uddannelse ==
Fuad Masum er født i byen [[Koi Sanjaq|Koya]]. Hans familie stammer fra området omkring [[Hawraman]].<ref name=Sumaria>{{cite web|title=Who is Fuad Masum, the President of Iraq?|url=http://www.alsumaria.tv/news/106401/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82/ar|website=ALSUMARIA|access-date=2014-07-24|archive-date=22. december 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095136/http://www.alsumaria.tv/news/106401/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82/ar|url-status=live}}</ref> Han har studeret ved koranskoler i [[Irakisk Kurdistan|Kurdistan]]. Han studerede jura [[Sharia]] ved [[Bagdad Universitet]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|title=Who is Fuad Masum, the new Iraqi President?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2014/07/140724_fouad_massoum_profile.shtml|website=BBC|access-date=2014-07-24|archive-date= 4. oktober 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004213923/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2014/07/140724_fouad_massoum_profile.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> I 1958 rejste Masum til [[Kairo]] for at færdiggøre sin uddannelse ved [[Al-Azhar Universitet]].<ref name="basnews">{{cite web|url=http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Talabani-s-old-time-friend-becomes-candidate-for-Iraqi-President/28018|title=Talabani’s old time friend becomes candidate for Iraqi President &#124; BAS NEWS|publisher=basnews.com|access-date=2014-07-24|archive-date=27. juli 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727024319/http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Talabani-s-old-time-friend-becomes-candidate-for-Iraqi-President/28018|url-status=live}}</ref> Han arbejdede som underviser ved [[Basra Universitet]] i 1968.<ref name=BBC /> Han modtog en PhD i [[Islamisk filosofi]] fra Al-Azhar i 1975.<ref name=BBC />
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