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Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary

Iraqi politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary (Arabic: علي ممتاز الدفتري) was an Iraqi nationalist-oriented politician,[2] held several posts in the Kingdom of Iraq, including parliamentary and ministerial positions.[2][3]

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He was born in 1901.[4] Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary belongs to the al-Daftary family, a well-known family, including Mahmoud Subhi al-Daftary, Sabih Mumtaz al-Daftary, and Naim Mumtaz al-Daftary, and was married to Ms. Nemat bint Yassin al-Hashemi.[5]

Al-Daftary worked at the Ministry of Finance early in the founding of the Kingdom of Iraq.[6] He was part of Taha al-Hashemi's ministry in 1941.[1] He served as finance minister the same year in the third ministry of Nuri al-Said.[1]

After that, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Ministry of Tawfiq al Souwaidy from May 21, 1946 to May 30, 1946. [7] Then in 1946, he was part of the fourth cabinet of Nuri al-Said, where he served as Minister of works and transportation and a representative of the Liberal Party, but later resigned.[3] Al-Daftary was an opponent of Jabr and supported the 1948 demonstrations.[8]

Al-Daftary was finance minister again in 1948.[6][9] After the resignation of Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali's ministry in 1954, Nuri al-Said offered him to participate in his ministry, but he apologized, and Nuri al-Said later apologized for the formation of the government that entrusted Arshad al-Omari to form his second cabinet.[3]

In 1957, he served as acting foreign minister in Ali Jawdat al Ayyubi's third ministry. He was reported to have died in 1990s.[4]

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Literature

  • Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary and his political role in Iraq (milestones in the politics of Iraq in the monarchy) by Hamid Faraj Abdul Hussein. Published in 2018.[10] A master thesis presented in 2014 to basic education at Mustansiriya University.[11]

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