Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie

Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie (born March 3, 1952) is the former SCIRI governor of Najaf province, in Iraq.^[1] He now works as the Head of Africa Department at the Headquarters of Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[2] He has Finnish citizenship, because he and his family have lived there as refugees since the 1990s.^[3]

Governor Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie
Governor of Najaf
In office 30 January 2005 – 31 January 2009
Deputy	Abd al-Husayn Abtan
Preceded by	Adnan al-Zurufi
Succeeded by	Adnan al-Zurufi
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Al-Najaf, Iraq
Political party	Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
Children	7
Alma mater	Baghdad University

Marriage and children

He has seven children.^{[citation needed]}

• Hussein al-Taee is the oldest child. He was elected to the Finnish Parliament 2019.