Qasim Al-Fahdawi
| Qasim Al-Fahadawi | |
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| قاسم الفهداوي | |
| Minister of Electricity | |
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Assumed office 8 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
| Preceded by | Kareem Aftan |
| Governor of Anbar | |
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In office April 2009 – 20 August 2013 |
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| Deputy |
Fuad Jatab Hamad Khalaf al-Karbuli Hikmat Jassim Zaidon Khalaf al-Mohemdi |
| Preceded by | Maamoon Sami Rasheed al-Alwani |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Khalaf Dheyabi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraq |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
Qasim Mohammad Abid Hammadi al-Fahadawi (Arabic: قاسم محمد عبد حمادي الفهداوي) is an Iraqi politician and businessman who is the current Minister of Electricity in the Al Abadi Government, and who previously served as the Governor of Anbar from April 2009 to August 2013.
Al-Fahadawi was born in Ramadi, in western Iraq's Al Anbar province. He graduated from the University of Baghdad in 1977 with a degree in engineering, and later studied in Germany. He left Iraq in 2006 due to the ongoing violence in the country and moved to the United Arab Emirates where he ran a construction company.
Following the Al Anbar governorate election, 2009, the leaders of the largest two parties, Ahmed Abu Risha of the Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance and Saleh al-Mutlaq of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, invited Al-Fahadawi to come to Anbar as governor. He said he would only do so if he could work with all parties and that there would be no partisan political interference in his work, which they agreed. He was voted in as Governor by the Anbar Provincial Council 24-3 and formed an administration with all parties in the provincial council except the Iraqi Islamic Party which declined to join.
Following his appointment, he condemned the "widely spread culture of corruption" that had developed and said he needed to "rebuild people's damaged morals". He pledged to focus on improving the supply of electricity and build new generation plants in Haditha, Ramadi and Fallujah. He signed a contract with a Korean company to build a complex of residences, hospitals, a sports centre and government buildings in Ramadi. In August 2009, fDi Magazine named him "Middle East Personality of the Year" for his work as governor.
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