Adnan al-Assadi

Adnan al-Assadi (Arabic: عدنان الأسدي, 1952 – April 22, 2021) was an Iraqi politician. He was Iraq's deputy interior minister[1] and acting minister of the interior.[2][3] He was also Advisor to the Prime Minister for Security Affairs and a deputy in the Council of Representatives of Iraq for the province of Muthanna in its second session from 2010 to 2011 and third session from 2014 through 2018.[4] He was re-elected in the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election with 7,331 votes.[5]

Adnan al-Assadi
Born1952 (1952)
al-Rumaitha
NationalityIraqi
OccupationPolitician
Political partyIslamic Dawa Party

Biography

Adnan al-Assadi was born in 1952 in al-Rumaitha in the province of Muthanna in southern Iraq. He obtained a diploma in pharmacy from the Institute of Higher Health in 1974. In the early 1980s he emigrated to Syria because of his opposition to the Ba'ath Party, and in 1988 he moved to Denmark. He returned to Iraq in 2003. After his return he was appointed a deputy member of the Iraqi Governing Council.[6] In February 2004, he was the Deputy Minister of the Interior for Administrative Affairs, before assuming the post of Senior Deputy Minister of the Interior in 2006. He returned to the position of Deputy Minister of the Interior for Administrative and Financial Affairs in 2008.[6]

In January 2010, he became a deputy in the Iraqi Council of Representatives after winning the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election, but resigned in July 2011 in order to return to the position of Senior Deputy Minister of the Interior.[7][8] In November 2014, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi relieved him of his post and appointed him Advisor to the Prime Minister for Security Affairs.[9] In January 2015 he was sworn in as a deputy in the Council of Representatives after winning the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election with 43,081 votes, while remaining adviser to the prime minister.[10]

Al-Assadi died from COVID-19 in April 2021.[11]

Works
  • Political Variables in Iraq after 9/4/2003 (National Defense University 2009)[12]
  • Iraq's Foreign Policy towards the Arab Region 2005-2012 (Al-Mustansiriya University 2014)[12]

References
  1. "Syria rebels seize key Iraq border crossings". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". www.alalamiatv.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. MacFarquhar, Neil; Arango, Tim (19 July 2012). "Border Posts Fall Into the Hands of Syrian Rebels". New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  4. "أعضاء البرلمان العراقي: النائب عدنان هادي نور علي سعيد" [Representative Adnan Hadi Noor Ali Said] (in Arabic). Iraqi Parliament Monitor. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. "اسماء الفائزين بانتخابات مجلس النواب العراقي 2018 لمحافظة المثنى" [Names of the Winners of the 2019 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections for the Province of Muthanna] (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. Majid al-Ka'abi (9 December 2011). "عدنان الأسدي في رحاب التأليف". Writings in the Balance. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  7. "Parliamentary Sessions: 4 July 2011" (in Arabic). Iraqi Parliament Monitor. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  8. "الياسري يؤدي اليمين الدستورية كنائب في البرلمان بدلا عن عدنان الأسدي" [Al-Yasiri Sworn in as a Member of Parliament to Replace Adnan al-Asadi] (in Arabic). Al-Akhbar. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  9. Juad al-Hattab (2014-11-24). "تغييرات تطال مفاصل في وزارة الداخلية العراقية" [Changes in the Iraqi Interior Ministry]. Al-Arabiya (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  10. "اخبار - الاسدي: أشغل حاليا منصب مستشار العبادي للشؤون الأمنية إضافة الى كوني نائبا" [Al-Asadi: I am currently the adviser to Abadi for security affairs in addition to being a deputy]. www.alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  11. MP Adnan Al-Asadi passes away for COVID-19
  12. "جامعة بغداد / الامانة العامة للمكتبة المركزية » ابحث في الفهارس". www.clib-catalog.com. University of Baghdad. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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