Muqtada al-Sadr

Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanized: Muqtadā ṣ-Ṣadr; born 12 August 1973)^[2] is an Iraqi Shia cleric, politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement^[3] and the leader of Saraya al-Salam.

Hujjat al-Islam Muqtada al-Sadr مقتدى الصدر
Born	(1973-08-12) 12 August 1973 (age 52) Najaf, Iraq
Nationality	Iraqi
Citizenship	Iraq
Movement	Alliance of Revolutionaries for Reform (Saairun)[1]

Muqtada al-Sadr is one of the most influential religious and popular figures in Iraq.^[4]

In May 2018, al-Sadr's coalition emerged as the frontrunnner in Iraq's national elections, the first since the Islamic State was declared defeated in Iraq.^[5]