Ghanim Al-Jumaily

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name = Ghanim Alwan Aljumaily
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office = Iraqi Ambassador to Japan
term_start = July 2004
birth_date = birth date and age|1950|6|01
birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq
occupation = Politician, businessperson
spouse = Widad Slah
children = Anas, Youssra, Mariam, Omar
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Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily (born June 1, 1956) is the ambassador of Iraq to Japan, appointed by the interim government of Iraq in July 2004.

Al-Jumaily holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico, an MS in Optics from the University of Arizona, and a BS in Physics from the University of Baghdad. During the course of his career he came to hold two patents in the field of optics.cite web |url=http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/roundtables/iraq.asp |title= Speakers|accessdate=2007-12-23 |work= UNITAR.org |publisher= United Nations Institute for Training and Research]

Prior to his appointment as ambassador, he served as the CEO of Life for Relief and Development, a Michigan-based charity credited with helping Iraqi families during the Post-Gulf War I period. Before that, he worked for various private firms, including Minnesota-based Seagate. He also worked for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California.

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