Ibrahim al-Jaafari

Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Eshaiker (Arabic: إبراهيم عبد الكريم الأشيقر; born 25 March 1947), also known as Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2018.

Ibrahim al-Ja'fari
إبراهيم الجعفري
Ibrahim al-Jaafari in 2014
63rd Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
3 May 2005  20 May 2006
PresidentJalal Talabani
Deputy
See list
Preceded byAyad Allawi
Succeeded byNouri al-Maliki
Interim Vice President of Iraq
In office
June 1, 2004  April 7, 2005
Serving with Rowsch Shaways
PresidentGhazi al-Yawer (interim)
Preceded byTaha Yassin Ramadan
Succeeded byGhazi al-Yawer and Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
8 September 2014  25 October 2018
Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi
Preceded byHussain al-Shahristani (acting)
Succeeded byMohamed Ali Alhakim
President of the Governing Council of Iraq
In office
1 August 2003  31 August 2003
LeaderPaul Bremer
Preceded byMohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (Acting)
Succeeded byAhmed Chalabi
Personal details
Born
Ibrahim Abd al-Karim Hamza al-Eshaiker

(1947-03-25) 25 March 1947
Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq
Political partyNational Iraqi Alliance
National Reform Trend
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Mosul
ProfessionPhysician
Websitewww.al-jaffaary.net

He was one of the two Vice Presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005, and he was the main spokesman for the Islamic Dawa Party. He withdrew his nomination for premiership for the permanent government.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.