Ali Aldabbagh

Ali Aldabbagh (born 18 July 1955) is an Iraqi engineer, businessman and politician who served as government spokesman until November 2012.

Ali Aldabbagh
Al Dabbagh in 2012
Minister of State
Assumed office
December 2010
Prime MinisterNouri Al Maliki
Personal details
Born
Ali Mehdi Jawad Aldabbagh

(1955-07-18) 18 July 1955
Kerbala
NationalityIraqi
Political party
Alma materBaghdad University

Early life and education

Aldabbagh was born in Kerbala on 18 July 1955.[1] He hails from a Shiite family.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Baghdad University in 1977.[3] Then he obtained a master's degree in environmental pollution from the same university in 1983.[3] He also holds a PhD in business administration, which he received in 2003.[1]

Career
Ali Al Dabbagh (left) and Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Council, Chatham House

Aldabbagh worked in private sector in various countries, including the UAE, Canada and Japan.[3] He also dealt with business in Iraq and was co-owner of a family firm called Tigris Building Contractors.[4]

He served as mid-level official in the Baath party.[5] He is the leader of the independent Kafaat Gathering, a political party represented in the Iraqi parliament.[6] He was appointed state minister to the second cabinet of Nouri Al Maliki in December 2010.[7] He is part of the state of law coalition in the cabinet.[8]

He served as government spokesman until 29 November 2012 when his resignation was accepted by Maliki. Aldabbagh resigned from his post due to his alleged involvement in the Russian arms deal.[6] Maliki did not appoint anybody to succeed Aldabbagh as spokesman, but Ali Al Moussawi, media advisor of Maliki, was given the authority of spokesman.[9]

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Ministry of Defense. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. "From Earlier Missteps, Iraq's Sunnis Learn Political Lessons". AINA. Baghdad. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  3. "Profile of Aldabbagh". Gulf News. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. Rouba Kabbara (23 September 2003). "Iraq's economic reform plan raises nationalist fears". Middle East Online. Baghdad. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  5. "Thriving right under Saddam's nose". Times Higher Education. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  6. "Spokesman for the Iraqi Government Ali Al Dabbagh Resigns from Post". Al Monitor. Al Hayat. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  7. Visser, Reidar (21 December 2010). "Parliament Approves the Second Maliki Government". Historiae. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  8. "Iraq Cabinet (Kurdistan Alliance 2010 -2014)" (PDF). GE. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  9. "Source: Maliki does not intend to appoint spokesman for the government". Shafaq News. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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