Haider al-Abadi named as New Iraqi Prime Minister
Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
Aug 11, 2014
Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum named Haider al-Abadi as the new Iraqi Prime Minister on 11 August 2014
President Massoum selected Haider al Abadi, Parliament’s deputy speaker, to replace Maliki as prime minister, asking him to form a new government within 30 days.
Maliki, however, showed no sign he intended to give up his grip on power, and it was difficult to predict how the power struggle would end.
The National Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of Shiite political parties , chose Abadi as prime minister less than a day after Maliki announced that he would take Massoum to court over alleged constitutional violations.
Maliki late Sunday also consolidated elite Iraqi troops around the sprawling government complex known as the International Zone. Soldiers and police stood guard at many street corners, some on foot and some in trucks mounted with machine guns.
Al-Abadi was an engineer prior to getting involved in Iraqi politics after the U.S. invasion in 2003. He lived in London with his family in exile from Saddam Hussein’s government but returned to Iraq to participate in the post-Saddam government
He appears to have succeeded in usurping Nouri al-Maliki as the preferred candidate of the Shia State of Law parliamentary coalition, although Mr Maliki bitterly disputes his appointmen.
Despite his close ties with Maliki, Al-Abadi appears to be on board with forming a more inclusive government, a pivot from Maliki who has been criticized by the United States and his own coalition for disrupting the inclusion process.
Washington urged , al-Abadi, to rapidly form a broad-based government able to unite Iraqis in the fight against rampant jihadist militants who have overrun large swathes of the country.
President Obama said and Vice President Biden both spoke with Abidi earlier in the day.
"I pledged our support to him," Obama said. Obama said the new leadership has a "difficult task" and must regain the trust of its people. Obama said the United States "stands ready to support" a government that addresses the needs of all Iraqi people.
What we know about Haider al-Abadi
Haider al-Abadi was born in 1952 in Baghdad, Abadi studied electrical engineering at the University of Baghdad in 1975. In 1981, he completed a PhD at the University of Manchester in the UK. He worked as an industry adviser and consultant in the UK during this time.
He was exiled from Iraq in 80s because he was a member of the Islamic Dawa party, an Iraqi Shia opposition organisation.
Abadi says during Saddam Hussein's rule two of his brothers were killed and another imprisoned for 10 years because they were all Islamic Dawa members.
After returning to Iraq in 2003, he became minister of communications in the Iraqi governing council, and has served as an MP since 2006. He has headed several Iraqi parliamentary committees, including those for finance and economics.
Aug 11, 2014
Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum named Haider al-Abadi as the new Iraqi Prime Minister on 11 August 2014
President Massoum selected Haider al Abadi, Parliament’s deputy speaker, to replace Maliki as prime minister, asking him to form a new government within 30 days.
Maliki, however, showed no sign he intended to give up his grip on power, and it was difficult to predict how the power struggle would end.
The National Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of Shiite political parties , chose Abadi as prime minister less than a day after Maliki announced that he would take Massoum to court over alleged constitutional violations.
Maliki late Sunday also consolidated elite Iraqi troops around the sprawling government complex known as the International Zone. Soldiers and police stood guard at many street corners, some on foot and some in trucks mounted with machine guns.
Al-Abadi was an engineer prior to getting involved in Iraqi politics after the U.S. invasion in 2003. He lived in London with his family in exile from Saddam Hussein’s government but returned to Iraq to participate in the post-Saddam government
He appears to have succeeded in usurping Nouri al-Maliki as the preferred candidate of the Shia State of Law parliamentary coalition, although Mr Maliki bitterly disputes his appointmen.
Despite his close ties with Maliki, Al-Abadi appears to be on board with forming a more inclusive government, a pivot from Maliki who has been criticized by the United States and his own coalition for disrupting the inclusion process.
Washington urged , al-Abadi, to rapidly form a broad-based government able to unite Iraqis in the fight against rampant jihadist militants who have overrun large swathes of the country.
President Obama said and Vice President Biden both spoke with Abidi earlier in the day.
"I pledged our support to him," Obama said. Obama said the new leadership has a "difficult task" and must regain the trust of its people. Obama said the United States "stands ready to support" a government that addresses the needs of all Iraqi people.
What we know about Haider al-Abadi
Haider al-Abadi was born in 1952 in Baghdad, Abadi studied electrical engineering at the University of Baghdad in 1975. In 1981, he completed a PhD at the University of Manchester in the UK. He worked as an industry adviser and consultant in the UK during this time.
He was exiled from Iraq in 80s because he was a member of the Islamic Dawa party, an Iraqi Shia opposition organisation.
Abadi says during Saddam Hussein's rule two of his brothers were killed and another imprisoned for 10 years because they were all Islamic Dawa members.
After returning to Iraq in 2003, he became minister of communications in the Iraqi governing council, and has served as an MP since 2006. He has headed several Iraqi parliamentary committees, including those for finance and economics.
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