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Usama al-Nujayfi

Osama al-Nujaifi
أسامة النجيفي
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Vice President of Iraq
Assumed office
10 October 2016
Serving with Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi
President Fuad Masum
Preceded by Himself
In office
8 September 2014 – 11 August 2015
Serving with Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi
President Fuad Masum
Preceded by Khodair al-Khozaei
Succeeded by Himself
Speaker of the Council of Representatives
In office
11 November 2010 – 15 July 2014
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
Preceded by Fuad Masum (Acting)
Succeeded by Salim al-Jabouri
Minister of Industry
In office
3 May 2005 – 20 May 2006
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Preceded by Hajim al-Hassani (Interim)
Succeeded by Fawzi Hariri
Personal details
Born Usama Abdu'l Aziz al-Nujayfi
1956 (age 60–61)
Mosul, Iraq
Nationality Iraqi
Political party al-Hadba (in the Muttahidoon coalition)
Relations Atheel al-Nujaifi (Brother)
Residence Baghdad, Iraq
Profession Engineer, politician
Religion Sunni Islam

Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi or Najifi (Arabic: أسامة النجيفي‎‎; born c. 1956 in Mosul) is an Iraqi politician and one of the three Vice Presidents of the country. As the Speaker of the Council of Representatives, the informal leader of the moderate Sunni al-Hadba party was the highest ranking Sunni politician of Iraq.

An engineer by profession, al-Nujaifi served as Minister of Industry in the 2005–06 Iraqi Transitional Government. He later won the 2010 parliamentary election and was elected the Speaker of the Council of Representatives. During this time, he built up a reputation as prime minister al-Maliki staunchest adversary, whom as a Sunni he could defy but not challenge. After leaving offices together with al-Maliki in 2014, he was rewarded the ceremonial post of a Vice President of Iraq, which he held until 2015. The positions of all three Vice Presidents was restored in October 2016.

al-Nujaifi was born 1956 in Mosul to a wealthy family of landowners and politicians. Both his grandfather Muhammad and his father served as members of parliament during the monarchist era. He grew up racing Arabian horses for his family.

In 1978, al-Nujaifi earned a degree in electrical engineering, from the University of Mosul. Shortly after graduation, he worked in the Iraqi government's electricity ministry for 12 years, involved in building power plants.


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