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Nuri Kamil al-MalikiPrime Minister of Iraq
Date of Birth: 24.06.1950
Country:  Iraq |
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Biography of Nouri Kamel al-Maliki
Nouri Kamel al-Maliki, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Iraq, was born in 1950 in the city of El-Hindiya, a suburb of El-Hilla in southern Iraq, into a Shiite family. He completed his education at a religious college in Baghdad and continued his studies at Baghdad University, where he defended his master's thesis in Arabic literature.
Opposition and Exile
After graduating from college, al-Maliki lived in El-Hilla for some time, working in the education sector. He became a member of the opposition party, Al-Dawa, and in 1980, he was sentenced to death for his party activities. Al-Maliki, along with his comrades, fled to Iran. During the Iran-Iraq war, he decided to settle in Syria. In Damascus, al-Maliki led an armed group responsible for training militants abroad to act against Saddam Hussein's regime. He was elected chairman of the Joint Action Committee, a coalition of anti-Saddam forces that later became the core of the new opposition party, the Iraqi National Congress (INC). He received assistance from the United States.
Return to Iraq
Al-Maliki returned to his homeland after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime. In 2005, he was elected to parliament. Recently, as the newly appointed Prime Minister of Iraq, al-Maliki has formed a new government that includes representatives from the country's main religious and political forces - Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds.
Personal Life
Al-Maliki is married and has four children. He has a strong background in religious education and holds a master's degree in Arabic literature. With his extensive experience in opposition politics and armed resistance against Saddam Hussein's regime, Al-Maliki now faces the challenge of leading Iraq as its Prime Minister.
