Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloom

Sayyid Dr. Muhammad-Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloom (Arabic: محمد ابراهيم بحر العلوم; born 1954) is an Iraqi politician, academician, and petroleum expert. He has served twice as the Iraqi Minister of Oil. He first took the ministerial role as part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 until June 2004. Bahraluloom went on to serve a second term as the minister in 2005 where he then submitted his resignation in protest against a governmental decision to increase the price of oil products by five folds.[1][2]

Ibrahim Bahraluloom
ابراهيم بحر العلوم
Oil Minister of Iraqi Interim Government
In office
2003
Preceded byThamir Ghadhban
Succeeded byThamir Ghadhban
Oil Minister of Iraq
In office
May 2005 – December 2005
Preceded byAhmed Chalabi
Succeeded byAhmed Chalabi
Personal details
Born1954 (age 68–69)
Najaf, Iraq
Political partyIndependent
RelationsMohammad Bahr al-Uloom (father)
Razi Shirazi (maternal uncle)

Early life and education

Bahraluloom was born in 1954 in Najaf to Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, and to the daughter of Muhammad-Husayn al-Shirazi. From both sides he hails from prominent scholarly families. From his paternal side he is from the Bahr al-Uloom family. From his mothers side, he hails from the Shirazi family. He claims agnatic descent from Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and her husband, Ali, the first Shia Imam.[3]

Bahraluloom was educated in the United States, earning a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the New Mexico Tech. He previously worked for the Kuwaiti Oil Ministry after graduating from the University of Baghdad in BSc Petroleum Engineering. He worked for the Petroleum Recovery Research Center in New Mexico, and later as an oil and gas consultant in London, United Kingdom.

Political career

Bahraluloom ran for parliament by forming his own independent political group, the Future Iraq Grouping. He was elected as a member of the National Iraqi Assembly in 2005, and was elected for another term as a member of parliament from 2014 - 2018. He was a member of the Oil & Energy Parliamentary committee where he headed the committee in forming the legislation for the Iraqi National Oil Company Law. The law was passed in March 2018.[4]

He is a founding member of the Alalamain Institute for Higher Education. The first and only private higher education institute specialising in law and political science for postgraduate studies in Iraq. Bahraluloom is the chairman of the Iraqi Energy Academy, a scientific establishment whose mission is to develop human resources for the energy sector through the process of training and qualification.

Bahraluloom also founded the Bahr al-Uloum Forum for Dialogue, a unique political forum established in 2010 to promote dialogues, discussions and strategies for the political future of Iraq between the highest authorities, foreign diplomats, and the Iraqi elite. Dr Ibrahim is the chairman of the Bahr al-Uloom Award Foundation; that aims to stimulate scientific research and encourage researchers to advance the scientific and cultural contribution and creativity in the fields of medicine, agriculture, energy and sustainable development.

Ibrahim survived an assassination attempt in Iraq in 2003 and another in 2005.

References
  1. https://www.pressreader.com/kuwait/arab-times/20150408/281522224604803. Retrieved 2022-02-07 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Iraqi Parliament, And Maliki's Fate, Float In Limbo". SDPB. 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  3. Al-Shahroudi, Nur al-Din (1992). Usrat al-Mujjadid al-Shirazi [Family of the Mujjadid al-Shirazi] (in Arabic). Al-Fikr Al-Islami.
  4. Trofimov, Yaroslav (2016-11-04). "Battle for Mosul Resets Ties Between Kurds and Baghdad". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-07.


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