Mahmoud al-Mashhadani
| Mahmoud al-Mashhadani | |
|---|---|
| محمود المشهداني | |
| Speaker of ذthe Iraqi Parliament | |
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In office 22 April 2006 – 23 December 2008 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister |
Nouri al-Maliki Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Preceded by | Hajim al-Hassani |
| Succeeded by | Ayad al-Samarrai |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 May 1948 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Political party | Iraqi Accord Front |
| Other political affiliations |
Al-Wataniya Coalition (2012-Present) |
| Alma mater | College of Medicine University of Baghdad |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | 1975-1990 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Army Medical Corps |
| Battles/wars |
Kurdish–Iraqi conflict Iran-Iraq War |
Dr. Mahmoud Dawud al-Mashhadani (Arabic: محمود المشهداني) is an Iraqi politician and a former Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives. He was elected to the Council of Representatives as part of the Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front list.
Born in 1948 in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad, he went to school in al-Khadhimiyah and graduated from Baghdad Medical College in 1972. He joined the medical corps of the Iraqi Army as a Lieutenant and rose to the rank of Army Major. He was imprisoned for opposing the First Gulf War in 1990 and sentenced to death, which was commuted to 15 years after payment of bribes. He was a founding member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Council.
Deeply religious, Dr. al-Mashhadani is a Salafi Muslim. Salafis believe that Islam became corrupted after the death of the first three generations of Muslims from the time of the Prophet, and any practices that postdate that time are viewed as heretical. They are most closely associated with the similar Wahhabi school predominate in Saudi Arabia, and are likewise seen by many Westerners as “puritanical” in an Islamic sense.
He was nominated to the speakership by the IAF after the main coalition in the Council of Representatives, the United Iraqi Alliance, objected to the nomination of Tariq Al-Hashimi. He was nominated as part of a deal on government posts between the IAF, UIA and Kurdistani Alliance. He was unanimously elected to the speakership on April 22, 2006, receiving 159 votes against 97 spoilt and 10 abstentions.
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