Kadhim Finjan al Hammami

Kadhim Finjan al Hammami (Arabic: كاظم فنجان الحمامي; born 1 May 1958) is an Iraqi politician who is now the position of the Iraqi Minister of Transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Kadhim Finjan al Hammami
Minister of Transport (Iraq)
Assumed office
16 August 2016
Personal details
Born (1958-05-01) 1 May 1958
Basra
OccupationPolitician, iraqi minister of transport

Controversial comments

In 2016, al Hammami caused controversy during an inauguration of an airport in Dhi Qar Governorate, when he said that Sumerians had a port where spaceships could fly to other planets in 5000 BC,[7] based on writings of Zecharia Sitchin, Samuel Noah Kramer and H. G. Wells.[8] Later on, he claimed that Noah's Ark embarked from Nasiriyah.[9]

Specialized certificates
  • Certificate of Maritime Extension (equivalent to Bachelor).
  • Bachelor of Science.
  • Maritime arbitration certificate from Basra court.

Career progression
  • Work on sea drilling vessels from 1973 to 1975.
  • A third naval guide on ships coming to Iraq from 1975 to 1977.
  • Second naval guide on ships coming to Iraq from 1977 to 1978.
  • First naval guide on ships coming to Iraq from 1978 to 1980.

Academic work
  • Teaching at the Vocational Training Center of the Naval Academy for the period from 1980 to 1988.

Graduation in positions
  • Director of the Scientific Follow-up Unit for the period from 1993 to 1998
  • Director of the Marine Inspection Department for the period from 2000 to 2004
  • Assistant Director General of Ports for the period from 2004 to 2006
  • Director of Khor Al Zubair Port for the period from 2006 to 2007
  • He is currently the Director of Maritime Control and Field Officer for the movements of ships and tankers coming and leaving to and from Iraqi ports.

See also

References
  1. "وزير النقل الجديد كاظم فنجان يباشر مهام عمله رسمياً". www.alrasheedmedia.com.
  2. "وزير عراقي كاد أن يتسبب في كارثة جوية: وزير النقل العراقي كاظم فنجان الحمامي". arabyexpressnews.com (in Arabic).
  3. Al-awsat, Asharq (25 July 2017). "Saudi Arabia Starts Repairing Crossing with Iraq – ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive".
  4. "بالفيديو: كاظم فنجان يستلم مهام وزارة النقل رسميًا". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 17 August 2016.
  5. "وزير النقل الجديد كاظم فنجان :سنجعل البصرة تتفوق على كل مدن الخليج – شبكة عراق الخير". www.iraqkhair.com.
  6. "وزير النقل يكشف عن خطة تطوير الخطوط الجوية العراقية | وكالة الناظر الاخبارية - Nna". Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. "Iraqi transport minister claims first airport was built 7,000 years ago in Iraq by ancient Sumerians". Independent. 1 October 2016.
  8. "Iraqi transport minister's 7,000 year airport claim mocked". Middle East Monitor. 1 October 2016.
  9. "فيديو.. سفينة نوح انطلقت من مطار الناصرية". pukmedia.com (in Arabic). 12 March 2017.


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