Haidar al-Abadi
| Haider al-Abadi | |
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| حيدر العبادي | |
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| 48th Prime Minister of Iraq | |
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Assumed office 8 September 2014 |
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| President | Fuad Masum |
| Preceded by | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Leader of the Islamic Dawa Party | |
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Assumed office 8 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Deputy Leader of the Islamic Dawa Party | |
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In office 15 January 2007 – 8 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Succeeded by | Baha Araji |
| Minister of Communications | |
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In office 1 September 2003 – 1 June 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Ali Hakim |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Haider Jawad Kadhim Al-Abadi April 25, 1952 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Islamic Dawa Party |
| Other political affiliations |
State of Law Coalition |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Technology University of Manchester |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Website | www |
Haider Jawad Kadhim Al-Abadi (or al-'Ibadi; Arabic: حيدر جواد كاظم العبادي, born 25 April 1952) is an Iraqi politician who has been Prime Minister of Iraq since September 2014. Previously he served as Minister of Communication from 2003 to 2004, in the first government after Saddam Hussein.
He was designated as Prime Minister by President Fuad Masum on 11 August 2014 to succeed Nouri al-Maliki and was approved by the Iraqi parliament on 8 September 2014.
Al-Abadi, who speaks English, graduated high school in 1970 from Central High School (Arabic: الإعدادية المركزية) in Baghdad. In 1975, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology in Baghdad. In 1980, he earned a PhD degree in Electrical engineering from the University of Manchester.
Al-Abadi joined the Dawa Party in 1967. Two of his brothers were killed and one was put in prison 1980, 1981, and 1982 for belonging to the Dawa Party. In 1977 he became the chief of the party while studying in London. In 1979 he became a member of the party's executive leadership. In 1983 the government confiscated al-Abadi's passport for conspiring against Iraq's Ba'ath Party.
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