Haider al-Abadi

Haider al-Abadi (2017)

Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi ( Arabic حيدر جواد كاظم العبادي, DMG Ḥaidar Ǧawād Kāẓim al-ʿIbādī ; * April 25, 1952 in Baghdad ) is an Iraqi politician and was Prime Minister until October 24, 2018 . He is currently chairman of the alliance “Sieg” (Nasr), which was founded on December 14, 2017 .

Life

Al-Abadi during the 53rd MSC 2017

Al-Abadi was born in Baghdad in 1952 as the son of a renowned Iraqi doctor who was hospital director and general inspector in the Ministry of Health. In 1967 he joined the Islamic Dawa Party . He studied electrical engineering at Baghdad Technical University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975 .

After that al-Abadi went to London , where he attended the 1980 University of Manchester for Doctor of Philosophy doctorate. After Saddam Hussein came to power in 1979, he stayed in exile in Great Britain with his father . Two of his brothers were executed by the Saddam regime in the early 1980s and a third imprisoned for ten years. His Iraqi ID card was also confiscated for alleged conspiracy against the Ba'ath Party . During his time in exile he worked a. a. as head of research, transportation consultant and general manager of a design and technology company. In 1998 he received a Technological Innovation Scholarship from the UK Department of Trade and Industry .

After the Iraq war and the ban on the Ba'ath Party, al-Abadi returned to Iraq in 2003. A little later he protested with the members of the Iraqi Government Council against the privatization plans of the interim administration of the coalition . From September 1, 2003 to June 1, 2004, he was Minister of Communications, mainly dealing with the licensing of telecommunications companies . From January to December he was an advisor to Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and his successor Ibrahim al-Jafari . In the subsequent election to the Council of Representatives , he was in the Council of Representatives elected and appointed Chairman of the Committee on Economic, investment and reconstruction. Haider was confirmed in this office in 2010 and in 2013 he headed the finance committee.

Al-Abadi was nominated by President Fuad Masum as the successor of Nuri al-Maliki for the post of Prime Minister of Iraq on August 11, 2014 against the background of the serious domestic political crisis . After Maliki reluctantly resigned on August 14, 2014, al-Abadi was sworn in on September 8, 2014 and al-Abadi's cabinet was confirmed. This was preceded by the election for the Council of Representatives on April 30, in which the rule of law coalition won by far the most votes. After he was deputy chairman of the Dawa party from January 15, 2007, he has also been the party chairman since the defense. Before he took office, he had both Iraqi and British citizenship, which he gave up after his appointment as Prime Minister. In December 2014, he granted the regional government of Kurdistan half of the total income from oil fields controlled by Kurds in a treaty. He also fights against corruption in the Iraqi army and is committed to more Sunnis in the government.

Al-Abadi is married and has three children.

literature

• Haider al-Abadi in the Munzinger archive , accessed on June 9, 2018 ( beginning of article freely available)

Web link

• Haider al-Abadi Biography on www.thefamouspeople.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nuri al-Maliki wants to support al-Abadi as prime minister. In: Spiegel Online . August 14, 2014, accessed February 3, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Inga Rogg: Maliki wins the election in Iraq. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 19, 2014, accessed February 3, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Iraqi PM renounces British citizenship. In: USA TODAY. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .