Abdul Razzaq al-Issa

Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalel al-Issa (Arabic:عبد الرزاق العيسى) (born 1949) is an Iraqi politician who served in different cabinet posts. He was recently Iraq's Minister of Higher Education.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Abdul Razzaq al-Issa
عبد الرزاق العيسى
Abdul Razzaq al-Issa in 2018
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
In office 15 August 2016 – 25 October 2018
Prime Minister	Haider al-Abadi
Preceded by	Hussain al-Shahristani
Succeeded by	Jamal al-Adil
Minister of Finance Acting
In office 21 September 2016 – 25 October 2018
Prime Minister	Haider al-Abadi
Preceded by	Hoshyar Zebari
Succeeded by	Fuad Hussein
Personal details
Born	Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalel al-Issa 1949 (age 75–76) Najaf, Iraq
Alma mater	University of Basrah University of Liverpool

Early life and education

al-Issa was born in 1949 in Najaf, Iraq. He studied chemistry at the University of Basra in 1971 and received his doctorate from University of Liverpool in 1979. He served as president of the University of Kufa from 2006 until 2011 and in 2015 became a consultant to the Minister of Higher Education "Hussain al-Shahristani". In April 2016, Minister Haider al-Abadi to the government of technocrats to assume the post of Ministry of Higher Education and in August 2016 was approved in the Iraqi parliament to take office.