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Adnan al-Zurfi

Iraqi faqih and politician (born 1966) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Adnan al-Zurfi (Arabic: عدنان الزرفي) was chosen as the new prime minister-designate on 17 March 2020 by Iraqi President Barham Salih after Mohammad Allawi withdrew his nomination.[1] Al-Zurfi withdrew from forming a new government on 9 April 2020.[2] He was appointed by Paul Bremer, the Coalition Provisional Authority administrator, as governor of Najaf Governorate in July 2004.[3]

Quick Facts Governor, عضو البرلمان العراقي 2009 Governor of Najaf ...

As a result of his willingness to work with the Iraqi government and the coalition he and his family were targeted by insurgents and militias. His uncle was killed in April 2004,[4] and his brother was kidnapped in Kufra on 1 December 2005, just prior to the 2009 governorate elections, in which Zurfi was running.[5]

A member of the Bani Hassan tribe, al-Zurfi earned a degree in Islamic law at Alfik College, the Islamic jurisprudence college, in Najaf.[3]

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