Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Iraqi politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (Arabic: مصطفى الكاظمي; born 5 July 1967 as Mustafa Abdul-Latif Mishatat ),[2][3] alternatively spelt Mustafa Al-Kadhimiy, is an Iraqi politician. He became the Prime Minister of Iraq on 6 May 2020.[4] Kadhimi is also the 43rd Prime Minister since the country's independence in 1932 and the fourth overall under the 2005 constitution.
Quick Facts Prime Minister of Iraq, President ...
Mustafa al-Kadhimi | |
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مصطفى الكاظمي | |
Prime Minister of Iraq | |
In office 6 May 2020 – 28 October 2022 | |
President | Barham Salih |
Preceded by | Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
Succeeded by | Mohammed Al Sudani |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Acting | |
In office 12 May 2020 – 6 June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Mohamed Ali Alhakim |
Succeeded by | Fuad Hussein |
Director of INIS | |
In office 7 June 2016 – 9 April 2020 | |
President | Fuad Masum Barham Salih |
Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
Preceded by | Zuheir Fadel Abbas al-Ghirbawi |
Personal details | |
Born | Mustafa Abdul-Latif Mishatat (1967-07-05) 5 July 1967 (age 56)[1][2] Baghdad, Iraq |
Citizenship | |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Political party | Independent |
Residence | Republican Palace, Baghdad |
Alma mater | Al-Turath University (LLB) |
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He is also a former director of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service,[5] originally appointed in June 2016.[6]
He worked as journalist, documentalist and human rights and democracy activist in the 2000s after fall of Saddam in 2003.[7]
In the early hours of 7 November 2021, he survived an assassination attempt when an explosive drone targeted his home in Baghdad.[8]