Ali al-Adeeb

Ali Mohammad Al-Hussein Ali Al-Adeeb is an Iraqi politician and a senior member of the Islamic Dawa Party. In April 2006 he was tipped by the United Iraqi Alliance as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister, after their original choice, Ibrahim Jaafari, was vetoed by the Kurdistani Alliance and Iraqi Accord Front.

His Excellency
Ali al-Adeeb
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
In office
21 December 2010 – 8 September 2014
PresidentJalal Talabani
Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki
Personal details
Born1974 (age 48–49)
Karbala, Iraq
Political partyIslamic Dawa Party
Children5
Alma materAl-Mustansiriya University
University of Baghdad
ProfessionPolitician

Adeeb was born in Karbala in 1944 and went to secondary school in Baghdad. He obtained a degree in Literature and Education from the Baghdad University and taught Psychology.

While Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq, Adeeb was exiled to Iran, where he headed the Teheran-based Political Bureau of the Dawa party and took the nickname "Abu Bilal". He returned to Iraq in 2003 after the invasion.

Adeeb was appointed to the committee that drafted the Constitution of Iraq in 2004, and has been a member of the Iraqi Parliament since 2005.[1]

Sources

References
  1. Curriculum Vitae of His Excellency Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Ali Al-Adeeb Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine


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