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Iyad Allawi

A'yad Allawi
إياد علاوي
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Vice President of Iraq
Assumed office
10 October 2016
Serving with Osama al-Nujaifi and Nouri al-Maliki
President Fuad Masum
Preceded by Himself
In office
8 September 2014 – 11 August 2015
Serving with Osama al-Nujaifi and Nouri al-Maliki
President Fuad Masum
Preceded by Khodair al-Khozaei
Succeeded by Himself
Prime Minister of Iraq
Acting
In office
1 June 2004 – 3 May 2005
President Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (Acting)
Preceded by Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (President of the Governing Council)
Succeeded by Ibrahim al-Jaafari
President of the Governing Council of Iraq
In office
1 October 2003 – 31 October 2003
Preceded by Ahmed Chalabi
Succeeded by Jalal Talabani
Personal details
Born (1944-05-31) May 31, 1944 (age 72)
Adhamiyah-Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Nationality Iraqi, British
Political party Iraqi National Accord (1991–present)
Other political
affiliations
Al-Wataniya (December 2012–present)
Iraqi National Movement (2009–2012)
Alma mater University of London
Profession Neurologist
Religion Shia Islam

Ayad Allawi (Arabic: إياد علاوي‎‎. Iyād ʿAllāwī; born 1944) was a Vice President of Iraq from 2014 to 2015 and interim Prime Minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005.

A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, Allawi, a Shia Muslim, became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which was established by U.S.-led coalition authorities following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He became Iraq's first head of government since Saddam Hussein when the council dissolved on June 1, 2004 and named him Prime Minister of the Iraqi Interim Government. His term as Prime Minister ended on April 7, 2005, after the selection of Islamic Dawa Party leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari by the newly elected transitional Iraqi National Assembly.

A former Ba'athist, Allawi helped found the Iraqi National Accord, which today is an active political party. In the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the INA provided intelligence about alleged weapons of mass destruction to MI6. Allawi has lived about half of his life in the UK. His wife and children still live in Britain for their security. He survived assassination attempts in 1978, in 2004, and on April 20, 2005.


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