Falih Al-Fayyadh

Falih Faisal Fahad Al-Fayyadh (Arabic: فالح الفياض; born 27 March 1956) is an Iraqi politician, former head and advisor of the National Security Council,^[1][2][3][4] and the current chairman of the Popular Mobilization Commission (PMC).^[5] He is also the founder of the Ataa Movement.

Falih Al-Fayyadh فالح الفياض
Chairman of Popular Mobilisation Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 November 2016
Prime Minister	Haider al-Abadi Adil Abdul-Mahdi Mustafa al-Kadhimi Mohammed Shia Al Sudani
Preceded by	Office established
National Security Advisor
In office July 2009 – July 2020
Prime Minister	Nouri al-Maliki Haider al-Abadi Adil Abdul-Mahdi Mustafa al-Kadhimi
Succeeded by	Qasim al-Araji
Personal details
Born	Falih Faisal Fahad Al-Fayyadh (1956-03-27) 27 March 1956 (age 69) Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Political party	Ataa Movement
Alma mater	University of Mosul

Biography

Al-Fayyadh was born on 27 March 1956 in Baghdad.^[6] He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mosul in 1977. He is the Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Commission and the Chairman and Founder of the Ataa Movement. Until July 2020, Al-Fayyadh was the Iraqi Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor.

On 8 January 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Al-Fayyadh for "his connection to serious human rights abuse", and addressed his role in the violent repression of Iraqi protests beginning in October 2019. During the protests, Iranian-backed militias, headed by Al-Fayyadh, used marksmen to fire live bullets, hot water and tear gas against anti-government protesters, leading to many deaths and injuries. The sanction was based on the Global Magnitsky Act and resulted in Al-Fayyadh being placed on Office of Foreign Assets Control's SDN List.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Positions

• Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Commission (2016-)^[11][12]
• National Security Advisor (2009-2020)
• Founder and leader of Ataa movement.^[13]