- Ali al-Adeeb
Ali al-Adeeb is an
Iraq i politician and a senior member of theIslamic Dawa Party . In April 2006 he was tipped by theUnited Iraqi Alliance as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister, after their original choice,Ibrahim Jaafari , was vetoed by theKurdistani Alliance andIraqi Accord Front .Adeeb was born in
Karbala in 1946 and went to secondary school inBaghdad . He obtained a degree in Literature and Education from theBaghdad University and taught Psychology.While
Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq, Adeeb was exiled toIran , where he headed theTeheran -based Political Bureau of the Dawa party and took the nickname "Abu Bilal". He returned to Iraq in 2003 after the invasion.Adeeb was appointed to the committee that drafted the
Constitution of Iraq in 2005.Sources
* [http://www.cfr.org/publication/10515/new_face_of_iraqs_government.html#4 Profile]
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