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Ibrahim al-Jaafari
alternative words: Ibrahim Jafari, Ibrahim al-Shiqr al-Jaafari keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Karbala , Mosul , Iraqi Governing Council , Saddam Hussein , Ali al-Sistani related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Jaafari , http://www.liberalconspiracy.com/BArchives/2004_05_30_barchive.html explanation: Born 1947 in Karbala. After medical studies at Mosul university, he jointed, in 1966, an Islamic fundamentalist movement, Dawa party that opposed to Saddam's regime but fled to Iran in the early 1980s then UK in 1989. After the fall of Saddam's regime in 2003, he was appointed as a member of Iraqi Governing Council. After having served as interim vice-president since June 2004, he was appointed Iraq prime minister in April 2005 but resigned in April 2006. He is also a brother-in-low of Ali al-Sistani. | |