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Let’s take a look at the life of Iraq’s former prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
birthday: 1947
Birthplace: Karbala, Iraq
marriage: married, unnamed
Children: Five
education: University of Mosul, MD, 1974
religion: shia muslim
1968- Joined the Islamic Dawa Party. Al Dawa (formally known as Hizb al-Dawa al-Islamiyya or The Islamic Call Party) is a Shiite Islamist political party with close ties to Iran’s clerical regime.
1980- He fled Iraq to Iran to escape Saddam Hussein’s crackdown on members of the Dawa Party.
1990-2003 – Leader of the London branch of the Dawa Party.
2003- After the fall of Hussein’s regime, he returned to Iraq.
From August 2003 Becomes a member of the Iraqi Governing Council and serves as the council’s first rotating chairman.
2004-2005- One of the two vice-presidents of the Iraq interim government.
From April 7, 2005 Iraq’s new president, Jalal Talabani, nominated Jaafari as prime minister.
From May 3, 2005 Appointed interim Prime Minister of Iraq.
From April 20, 2006 Under pressure from the United States, Jaafari resigns and agrees to withdraw his nomination for a second term.
From May 2006 Nuri al-Maliki becomes prime minister.
From June 2008 After forming a new political party, the National Reform Movement, he was expelled from the Dawa Party.
From August 2009 Shiite political leaders announce the formation of the Iraqi National Alliance. Jaafari is a member of the Coalition.
From September 2014 Become Iraq’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
From October 25, 2018 Resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
