Ibrahim al-Jaafari
| Ibrahim al-Ja'fari | |
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| إبراهيم الجعفري | |
Ibrahim al-Jaafari in Tehran - July 2012
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 8 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
| Preceded by | Hussain al-Shahristani |
| 73rd Prime Minister of Iraq | |
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In office 3 May 2005 – 20 May 2006 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Ayad Allawi |
| Succeeded by | Nouri al-Maliki |
| President of the Governing Council of Iraq | |
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In office 1 August 2003 – 31 August 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Chalabi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ibrahim al-Eshaiker (إبراهيم الأشيقر) 25 March 1947 Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Nationality |
Iraqi British |
| Political party |
National Iraqi Alliance National Reform Trend |
| Other political affiliations |
He was one of the two Vice Presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005, and he was the main spokesman for the Islamic Dawa Party. He withdrew his nomination for premiership for the permanent government because he disagreed with some of the Kurdish leaders with regards to securing Kirkuk as part of Iraq. Some members of his own group, the United Iraqi Alliance, conspired with some of the Kurdish personalities and some of the sectarian Sunni politicians and in turn these groups involved the US President George W. Bush and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair to convince al-Jafari to withdraw his nomination. Al-Jafari refused any foreign interference in the Iraqi politics and instead gave the United Iraqi Alliance the choice to decide whom they wanted, be it him or another political figure as Prime Minister. |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Mosul |
| Profession | Physician |
| Religion | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Website | www |
Ibrahim al-Eshaiker al-Jaafari (Arabic: إبراهيم الأشيقر الجعفري; born 25 March 1947) is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2014.
He was one of the two Vice Presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005, and he was the main spokesman for the Islamic Dawa Party. He withdrew his nomination for premiership for the permanent government because he disagreed with some of the Kurdish leaders with regards to securing Kirkuk as part of Iraq. Some members of his own group, the United Iraqi Alliance, conspired with some of the Kurdish personalities and some of the sectarian Sunni politicians and in turn these groups involved the US President George W. Bush and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair to convince al-Jafari to withdraw his nomination. Al-Jafari refused any foreign interference in the Iraqi politics and instead gave the United Iraqi Alliance the choice to decide whom they wanted, be it him or another political figure as Prime Minister.
He was born Ibrahim al-Eshaiker (إبراهيم الأشيقر) in Karbala on 25 March 1947. He hails from a family that claims direct descent from Muhammad. His great grandfather, Mahdi bin Ali bin Baqir al-Eshaiker, led the al-Eshaiker revolt in Karbala in 1876 against the Ottoman Empire. The Al-Eshaiker family originated from the city of al-Eshaiker in what is now Saudi Arabia. Jaafari was educated at Mosul university as a medical doctor.
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